Are There Differences between People When it Comes to Adopting Telework from Different Near-Home Shared Offices?
Telework has been considered an alternative work format to reduce daily commutes for many years. Nevertheless, it was not widely adopted until late 2019, when the COVID-19 pandemic spurred widespread telework adoption across the globe, providing many individuals with the opportunity to experience it for the first time. This paper investigates how individuals' home-based telework experiences during the pandemic may have influenced their willingness to pay (WTP) for telework adoption from a nearby shared office. This study uses hazard-based discrete choice models to identify individual-level characteristics and near-home shared office attributes likely to influence individuals' WTPs. Our results indicate that several individual-level factors influence telework adoption from a near-home shared office. For example, individuals younger than 25 and people with higher education levels (up to a bachelor's degree) have higher WTPs, whereas households with children aged 7 to 18 have lower WTPs. WTP decisions are also influenced by individuals' home-based telework experiences and perceptions of its benefits and challenges during pandemics. Moreover, it has been found that gradually removing the restrictive conditions of telework adoption from a near-home shared office increases individuals' WTPs. However, the impact of changing the payment mechanism of a near-home shared office from monthly to daily on individuals' WTPs is much more significant than upgrading its interior design.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AEP35 Standing Committee on Effects of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on Travel Choices.
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Corporate Authors:
Transportation Research Board
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Authors:
- Mafi, Shima
- Mohammadi, Ali
- Kermanshahi, Shahab
- Talebian, Ahmadreza
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 102nd Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 2023-1-8 to 2023-1-12
- Date: 2023
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 23p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: COVID-19; Office buildings; Telecommuting; Work trips; Workplaces
- Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01879076
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: TRBAM-23-03429
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Apr 11 2023 11:15AM