Aeromobility and Work

Lassen, Claus

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“…The emphasis of these gatherings is clearly on face-to-face (F2F) proximity. Similar to the research of Lassen (2006) on academics at Aalborg University, the largest share of trips in this category is undertaken for conference travel; (ii) foreign project work, or the often labour-intensive and longer-term activities at specific places or in particular time periods. The need to travel very much derives from what Urry (2007) calls face-to-place and face-to-time proximity.…”

Section: A Compulsion To Internationalize? Purposes and Constraints Tmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Not unlike other institutions of higher education and research, there is no central office in charge of the travel management of UGent academics (see also Lassen, 2006). This implies that international travel is not covered by official policies or even general rules, which leaves senior academics at UGent a high degree of freedom and flexibility.…”

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“…Short-term academic travel is particularly undertaken by tenured staff who are embedded locally at a specific institution and are obliged to seek a suitable balance between their duties at the home institution and abroad. Moreover, a particular feature of tenure-track academics is their high degree of freedom and low degree of control (Enders, 2001;Lassen, 2006). This implies that they can, with relative ease, trade off the benefits and costs of trips and cope with changing contexts, which can lead to diverse "internationalization" strategies.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This implies that they can, with relative ease, trade off the benefits and costs of trips and cope with changing contexts, which can lead to diverse "internationalization" strategies. Apart from the work of Lassen (2006;Lassen et al, 2009) and Ackers (2010), short-term academic travel has not yet been the subject of much scholarly attention. A better understanding of academic travel and alternative coping strategies can, however, benefit both travellers and travel management across other sectors seeking to increase their level of internationalization, while retaining sustainability both from a social and environmental point of view.…”

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How to cope with mobility expectations in academia: Individual travel strategies of tenured academics at Ghent University, Flanders

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Derrudder

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Research in Transportation Business & Management

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The production and exchange of knowledge are inextricably linked to different compulsions to corporeal proximity and therefore travel. As primary producers and transferors of knowledge, academics are no exception to this rule, and their compulsions seem to be further propelled by institutional discourses regarding the alleged virtues of "internationalization." Tenured academics, moreover, have a high degree of independence and can therefore easily choose how to cope with compulsions and constraints to internationalize. However, the business-travel literature has paid scant attention to academics and their individual contexts. In an effort to rectify this situation, this paper explores a travel dataset of tenure-track academics (N=870) working at Ghent University. The insights emerging from this analysis are then contextualized by complementing them with in-depth interviews of tenured academics (N=23) at the same institution. This paper argues, first, that varying compulsions and constraints at home and abroad lead to distinct non-travel and travel-intensive academic roles. And second, that academics who have difficulties coping, try to rationalize their corporeal travel behaviour and their mobility behaviour to meet the needs and expectations to internationalize. These strategies give an indication of how travel-related working practices can become more efficient and sustainable in the future.

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Section: A Compulsion To Internationalize? Purposes and Constraints Tmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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“…Corporate travellers have very specific needs with regard to the tangible aspects of travel as these relate to air transportation, accommodation and technology (Douglas, 2005;Lubbe, 2003;Mason, 2002;Lehman & Niles, 2001;Denstadli, 2004). In addition, they also have intangible needs referred to in this research as psychological needs (Gustafson, 2006;Lassen, 2006;Travmed, 2001 andWeinreb, 2002), which include the elimination of unnecessary trips, avoidance of travel during weekends, and formally approved time off after business trips.…”

Section: Personal-related Factors As Determinants Of Corporate Travelmentioning

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An Empirical Investigation into the Role of Personal-Related Factors on Corporate Travel Policy Compliance

Douglas

Lubbe

2009

J Bus Ethics

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This paper presents the results of the empirical testing of the corporate travel policy compliance model conceptualised by the authors and first published in the Journal of Business Ethics in 2009. In the previous paper the theory underlying the model was explained. This paper follows with the results of the empirical testing of the model and focuses on those related to the influence of personal factors on policy compliance. The constructs used to define personal-related factors include personal ethics, individual morality, self-interest, levels of job-and life satisfaction and the conditions of travel. The empirical investigation sought to determine if personal-related factors significantly influenced travel policy compliance and from the study it could be concluded that there is a correlation, with certain factors exhibiting a stronger correlation than others. The implication is that organisations need to understand the impact of factors previously ignored or under-valued as determinants of non-compliance and take steps to recognise and remedy the situation in order to achieve higher levels of travel policy compliance amongst corporate travellers.

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Air Transport

Bowen

2017

International Encyclopedia of Geography

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Air transportation is among the most important elements in the global circulatory system. The diffusion of aviation and its increased significance have enlarged the scale and accelerated the pace of everyday life across much of the world. Technological advances, economic development, and deregulation have fueled rapid air traffic growth. Particularly in recent decades, the emergence of many new low‐cost carriers has been catalytic in democratizing air travel. The airline industry's dominant players, however, are still mainly full‐service network carriers. Through alliances, the largest carriers have extended the reach of their networks to the global scale. That reach is vital because, while developed countries dominate air traffic flows, growth is concentrated in emerging markets. The potential for further aviation growth is vast, but containing the externalities associated with air transportation – especially its role in global climate change – will be a key challenge in the twenty‐first century.

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Aeromobility and Work

Cited by 129 publications

References 10 publications

How to cope with mobility expectations in academia: Individual travel strategies of tenured academics at Ghent University, Flanders

How to cope with mobility expectations in academia: Individual travel strategies of tenured academics at Ghent University, Flanders

An Empirical Investigation into the Role of Personal-Related Factors on Corporate Travel Policy Compliance

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