A literature review of overnight work travel within individual, family and social contexts

Borowski, Shelby; Juris, Jill; Zvonkovic, Anisa M.; Swenson, Andrea

doi:10.1080/13668803.2018.1463970

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“…The above summary illustrates the richness and diverse nature of this body of literature. However, as has been observed by Borowski et al (2019), as well as Calderwood and Mitropoulus (2021), there is great variety in operationalization in travel for work research, and this research is distributed across different disciplines. Overall, the fractured nature of this body of research, as well as the varied nature of the way busines travel manifests in real life (i.e., duration, distances covered, travel mode, frequency), make it difficult to systematically identify theoretical aspects that are relevant.…”

Section: Work-related Travel – An Overviewmentioning

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“…Work-related mobility requiring workers to stay away from home has an impact on workers and their families. In a recent literature review, Borowski et al (2019) found eight articles that captured the effect of work-related travel on worker mental health. Specifically, Borowski et al (2019) reported that strain and stress are common among frequent work travelers, as are sleep difficulties.…”

Section: Work-related Travelan Overviewmentioning

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“…In a recent literature review, Borowski et al (2019) found eight articles that captured the effect of work-related travel on worker mental health. Specifically, Borowski et al (2019) reported that strain and stress are common among frequent work travelers, as are sleep difficulties. Generally, this research literature shows that workers who spend a higher number of nights away from home show worse mental health (i.e., distress, anxiety, and depression; Rogers & Reilly, 2002; Rundle et al, 2018) and report higher work family conflict (Jensen, 2014; Mäkelä et al, 2014; Voydanoff, 2005).…”

Section: Work-related Travel – An Overviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This level of standardization allows a systematic view onto its various components that are less likely to be tainted by local variations or individual practices. Importantly, there is no clear agreement about how to operationalize work-related travel in the literature, with various studies focusing on different aspects, such as the destination, whether it involves international travel, or having to stay overnight (Borowski et al, 2019). Focusing on FIFO work allows some level of standardization and can help address these issues in the work-related travel literature more widely.…”

Section: Fifo Work As a Specific Case Of Spatial Mobility: Making The...mentioning

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Fly-in-fly-out work: A review of the impact of an extreme form of work-related travel on mental health

Fruhen

Gilbert

Parker

2022

Organizational Psychology Review

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Large distances between work and home require many workers to stay away from home for work over extended periods. An extreme case of such work is fly-in-fly-out (FIFO) work. FIFO work requires workers to stay, over a fixed number of days or weeks, in remote employer-arranged accommodation. Given the disruptive nature of this work arrangement, it is important to develop an understanding of its implications for worker mental health. Based on a systematic review, we identify mostly negative mental health implications of FIFO work and propose an integrative model that brings together FIFO work's key features: the simultaneous fracturing and blending of personal and work lives. The model can guide future research. For example, we suggest that researchers investigate how FIFO workers and other work-related travelers experience fracturing and blending, and how they manage the frequent fluctuation between these two extremes. Plain language summary Fly-in-fly-out work represents a specific and extreme case of work-related travel in which workers are housed by employers and have fixed schedules that prescribe blocks of time at work followed by blocks of time at home, alongside other rules. This paper provides an overview of the literature regarding the mental health implications of FIFO work. Moreover, an integrative model of FIFO work is proposed that brings together its key defining attributes: the simultaneous fracturing and blending of personal and work lives, which FIFO workers, and by extension other work-related travellers, experience. The model identifies the key attributes of this type of work arrangement that shape fracturing namely the commute (i.e., duration, mode, distance) and rosters (i.e., length and ratio of time on and off) and blending experiences, namely accommodation (i.e., type and quality), extent to which autonomy is limited (i.e., via choice in food, activities, scheduling) and social isolation. While developed for an extreme, highly standardized, and specific case of work-related travel, the model may also be useful in research focused on work related travel more broadly,

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Section: Work-related Travel – An Overviewmentioning

confidence: 95%

Section: Work-related Travelan Overviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Work-related Travel – An Overviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Fifo Work As a Specific Case Of Spatial Mobility: Making The...mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Fly-in-fly-out work: A review of the impact of an extreme form of work-related travel on mental health

Fruhen

Gilbert

Parker

2022

Organizational Psychology Review

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“…We did not have a priori questions as most reviewers in this field have had (e.g. Borowski et al ., 2019; Jooss et al ., 2021; Shaffer et al ., 2012). Rather, we coded the publications for thematic analysis.…”

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EXPERT REVIEW SERIES International business travel: a review of theory and research

Westman,

Chen,

Eden

2023

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PurposeThe goals of this review are to identify key theories, constructs and themes in the international business travel (IBT) literature and to propose a model based on findings, theories and constructs drawn from adjacent research literature.Design/methodology/approachThe authors reviewed the business travel (BT) literature to identify conceptual and empirical articles on IBT published from 1990 to 2022. Only 53 publications were suitable for review. The authors reviewed them using an open coding system.FindingsThe IBT literature is dispersed across several disciplines that use different methods, focus on different aspects of travel and emphasize different positive and negative outcomes that IBT engenders. The publications employed a diverse range of methods, including review and conceptual (11), quantitative (28) and qualitative methods (14). The samples were diverse in country, age, marital status and tenure. Many publications were descriptive and exploratory. The few that based their research on theory focused on two stress theories: Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) theory and conservation of resources (COR) theory.Research limitations/implicationsExperimental and longitudinal designs are needed to reduce the causal ambiguity of this body of mostly correlational and cross-sectional research. The authors discuss the impact of emerging advances in virtual global communication technology on the future of IBT.Practical implicationsMore research is needed on positive aspects of IBT. Human resource (HR) people should be aware of these issues and are encouraged to decrease the deleterious aspects of the international trips and increase the positive ones.Social implicationsIncreasing well-being of international business travelers is important for the travelers, their families and the organization.Originality/valueThis is the first IBT review focused on the theoretical underpinnings of research in the field. The authors offer a model for IBT and introduce adjustment and performance as important constructs in IBT research. The authors encompass crossover theory to add the reciprocal impact of travelers and spouses and label IBT a “double-edge sword” because it arouses both positive and negative outcomes.

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The Paradox of Time: Work, Family, Conflict, and the Social Construction of Time

2021

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A literature review of overnight work travel within individual, family and social contexts

Cited by 6 publications

References 53 publications

Fly-in-fly-out work: A review of the impact of an extreme form of work-related travel on mental health

Fly-in-fly-out work: A review of the impact of an extreme form of work-related travel on mental health

EXPERT REVIEW SERIES International business travel: a review of theory and research

The Paradox of Time: Work, Family, Conflict, and the Social Construction of Time

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