Predictors of firm community interaction

This paper discusses eight ways in which bus operators interact with the communities in which they provide a bus-service. An exploration of factors hypothesised to be associated with an operator's community interaction (the predictors) is detailed, then tested, using bivariate and multivariate analysis methods. The results reveal some of the hypothesised factors to be actual predictors, although a full-scale explanation for an operator's community interaction is not possible. This paper suggests that bonding social capital and bridging social capital possibly accounts for a large portion of the unidentified factors at work that explain a bus operator's community interactions. The results of this study should encourage policymakers and legislators to ensure that the bus operator governance model that interacts with its community the most is sustained in order to contribute towards community prosperity.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2016.03.002
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0739885915300706
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/07398859
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Lowe, Christopher
• Conference:
  • 14th International Conference on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport (Thredbo14)
  • Location: Santiago , Chile
  • Date: 2015-18-30 to 2015-9-3
• Publication Date: 2016-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 401-411
• Serial:
  • Research in Transportation Economics
  • Volume: 59
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0739-8859
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/07398859

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus drivers; Bus transit; Communities; Governance; Outreach; Social factors
• Uncontrolled Terms: Predictors; Prosperity; Social capital
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01623192
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 24 2017 3:15PM