Examining employees' preference toward telecommuting with an emphasis on women employees

The increasing role of women in social and economical activities expands their contributions to urban traffic. Telecommuting as an approach in Transportation Demand Management (TDM) can play an important role in lessening or redistributing peak hour trips. In this study, telecommuting by focusing on women employees’ characteristics is examined. The sample used in this research has been obtained from the survey at seven organizations in Tehran, Iran. Three discrete choice models are generated based on collected data. Using binary logit and ordered probit models, women employees' preferences towards telecommuting and their preferences of working from home or local offices as well as the frequency of doing telecommuting are modelled. Moreover, marginal effects are discussed for each model. Results indicate the significance of the effects of telecommuting for women. More attention should be given to women's profession characteristics, their commuting specifications, and their personal and social characteristics.

• Record URL:
  http://wiit-paris2014.sciencesconf.org/conference/wiit-paris2014/pages/Proceedings_The_5th_International_Conference_on_WIiT_1.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Federation Internationale De L'Automobile (FIA)

  8 Place de la Concorde
  Paris,   France 

  Institut Francais des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)

  14-20 bd Newton, Cité Descartes, Champs su Marne
  77447 Marne la Vallée,   France  Cedex 2

  Department of Transportation

  Bureau of Transportation Statistics
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Arabikhan, Farzad
  • Kermanshah, Mohammad
  • Postorino, M Nadia
  • Gegov, Alexander
• Conference:
  • 5th International Conference on Women's Issues in Transportation
  • Location: Paris , France
  • Date: 2014-4-14 to 2014-4-16
• Publication Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 563-572
• Monograph Title: Women's Issues in Transportation 5th International Conference. Proceedings: Bridging the Gap

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Choice models; Employees; Females; Gender; Logits; Mode choice; Probits; Telecommuting; Travel behavior; Travel demand management
• Geographic Terms: Tehran (Iran)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01554023
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 24 2015 5:01PM