MODELING THE DESIRE TO TELECOMMUTE: THE IMPORTANCE OF ATTITUDINAL FACTORS IN BEHAVIORAL MODELS

This paper is part of an effort to model the preference for and choice of telecommuting. Herein, the authors attempt to understand the formation of the preference for telecommuting, which is a precursor of choice. This is not an attempt to forecast future preferences, but a presentation of a model of preference in order to identify the factors which affect it. A conceptual model of telecommuting adoption developed by the authors describes the relationships among drives, constraints and facilitators as the elements which form preference and choice of telecommuting. The model is briefly discussed in the first section. To empirically test these relationships, data were collected from 628 employees of the City of San Diego, who were queried about their perceptions of telecommuting, their own experience (if any) with telecommuting, and attitudes toward work, travel, technology, family and ideology.

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• Authors:
  • Mokhtarian, P L
  • Salomon, I
• Publication Date: 1997-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 35-50
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
  • Volume: 31
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0965-8564
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09658564

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Behavior; Consumer behavior; Consumer preferences; Mathematical models; Psychology; Research; Telecommuting
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Geographic Terms: San Diego (California)
• Old TRIS Terms: Behavioral research
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I70: Traffic and Transport;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00742447
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 10 1997 12:00AM