Haddad, H. , Lyons, G. and Chatterjee, K. (2009) - UWE Research ...
Haddad, H. , Lyons, G. and Chatterjee, K. (2009) - UWE Research ...
Haddad, H. , Lyons, G. and Chatterjee, K. (2009) - UWE Research ...
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This is a pre-publication version of the following article:<br />
<strong>Haddad</strong>, H., <strong>Lyons</strong>, G. <strong>and</strong> <strong>Chatterjee</strong>, K. (<strong>2009</strong>). An<br />
examination of determinants influencing the desire for <strong>and</strong><br />
frequency of part-day <strong>and</strong> whole-day homeworking. Journal of<br />
Transport Geography, 17, 124-133.<br />
commute „struggle‟ is an influence for working at home. These are: “I find travelling<br />
to work a struggle” <strong>and</strong> “I find travelling home from my workplace a struggle”.<br />
The notion of unnecessary loss of time in traffic is addressed by the statement<br />
“Avoiding the 'wasted' time in traffic is a motivation for me to work at home”.<br />
Meanwhile two belief statements (“I appreciate the time I have to myself on my way<br />
to work” <strong>and</strong> “I appreciate the time I have to myself on my way home from work”)<br />
allow investigation of a positive perception of commuting 2 . Following the focus<br />
group research, it was suggested that some individuals may choose not to work at<br />
home for more days per week than they currently do because they welcome their<br />
commuting time (Jones <strong>and</strong> <strong>Lyons</strong>, 2005):<br />
“I do like going to the studio <strong>and</strong> having 20-30 minutes travel”<br />
One statement, “If I (could) work at home others in my home (would) find it<br />
helpful to have my car on those days”, aimed to probe the significance (or not) of car<br />
availability <strong>and</strong> use in the household. A final travel-related statement considers<br />
residential relocation influence: “Homeworking has/would influence(d) how far I live<br />
from my workplace”.<br />
Household related factors associated with teleworking<br />
Homeworking has been found to increase home-work conflict (Baruch <strong>and</strong> Nicholson,<br />
1997; St<strong>and</strong>en et al 1999; Golden et al, 2006). Although many teleworkers attempt to<br />
develop spatial boundaries between work <strong>and</strong> home life - such as assigning a<br />
2 Distinctions were made in the survey between the commute to <strong>and</strong> the commute from the workplace<br />
to allow examination of possible differential considerations of these in the context of varied spatiotemporal<br />
working – though as will later be seen, a significantly different influence of these has not<br />
been identified.<br />
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