The work-related affordances of business travel: a disaggregated analysis of journey stage and mode of transport

Hislop, Donald; Axtell, Carolyn

doi:10.1177/0950017014559767

Cited by 9 publications

(7 citation statements)

References 20 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…However, research on business travel is relatively limited within the tourism literature, although in the wider research arena, interests include categorisations and typologies of business mobility (Jones, 2013;Aguilera & Proulhac, 2015), travel time usage and commuting (Lyons, Jain and Holley, 2007;Hislop. 2013), business travel practices (Beaverstock & Budd, 2013;Hislop & Axtell, 2015) and business travellers' health and well-being (Bergstrom, 2010, Espino et al, 2002Gustafson, 2012Gustafson, , 2014. Research has also focussed on the complex debates around the seeming paradox of increasing mobility despite the proliferation of new technologies which, in theory, could limit the need for such mobilities.…”

Section: Mobilities Buisiness Travel and Technologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Present whilst absent: Home and the business tourist gaze

Willis

Ladkin

Jain

et al. 2017

Annals of Tourism Research

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper reflects on business travel as a contemporary form of mobility and how it relates to family life. Through qualitative research with business travellers, insights are gained into the role digital technology plays in enabling connections to home and family. The paper argues that technology affords a 'business tourist gaze', characterised by a focus on 'home' rather than 'away' as might be the case for leisure tourists. The paper discusses how, through the business tourist gaze, the boundaries between the everyday and the exotic are dissolved and the business traveller is disconnected from the destination, simultaneously absent whilst present both at the destination and at home. Theoretical understandings of the business tourist experience are offered. 1. INTRODUCTION Sheller and Urry (2006) proclaimed that 'all the world seems to be on the move' (p207). This appears true in almost all facets of contemporary life as witnessed through unprecedented patterns of travel across the globe, at least for those empowered to move. Embodied in the notion of a new mobilities paradigm, this phenomenon has been studied with increased interest, notably with a focus on how such mobilities shape spatial and social relationships. Despite mobility being at the heart of tourism, in 2005 Hall stated that the concept of mobility had not found much application in tourism studies. However, more recent literature does attest to various lines of enquiry, such as how technology enables the maintenance of social relationships 'on the move' (Molz, 2012), the relationship between different tourist mobilities and sustainable tourism (Lund-Durlacher & Dimanche, 2013; Moscardo, 2013; Williams, 2013) and importantly for the context of this paper, the distinctions between different forms of mobilities. This points out that travel can be mundane as well as exciting, challenging the binaries of 'everyday' and 'exotic', traditionally offered to describe the differences between everyday life 2 and touristic experiences (Binnie et al, 2007; Edensor, 2007; Janta et al, 2014). This is important when considering business travel where experiences may differ markedly from those of the leisure traveller. The mobilities paradigm thus lends an important perspective to investigating how business travel is experienced and how it 'resonates with people's lives, their identities, their ways of knowing and being in the world' (Coles, 2015, p63). Central to these discussions is the role played by digital technology in facilitating business travel and enabling work on the move, and in negotiating and maintaining social relationships where co-presence is not possible. Despite the proliferation of technologies which in could reduce the amount of business travel required, a 'compulsion to proximity' (Boden & Molotch, 1994) means that face to face meetings are still often preferred for the trust and deeper relationships they engender between contacts (Bergstrom, 2010; Jones, 2013). As networks are increasingly stretched across space, so business travel continues ...

show abstract

Section: Mobilities Buisiness Travel and Technologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Present whilst absent: Home and the business tourist gaze

Willis

Ladkin

Jain

et al. 2017

Annals of Tourism Research

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…With regard to (b), factors that influenced the use of virtual solutions as described in Wynes and Donner (2018), such as the quality of the internet connection, were presented. With regard to (c), factors that influence mode choice, such as travel time or comfort, were depicted (Lassen, 2006;Hislop and Axtell, 2015;LeQuéré et al, 2015). All decision factors were rated by respondents on a fourpoint scale ranging from "unimportant" to "very important."…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Flying High in Academia—Willingness of University Staff to Perform Low-Carbon Behavior Change in Business Travel

2021

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study aims to explore the factors that influence business travel decisions of university staff, in particular the extent and ways in which they are willing to reduce emission-intensive air travel, and the personal and structural barriers to such behavior change. Three strategies to reduce air travel were investigated: abstaining from particular events, substituting travel through virtual participation and mode shifting to ground-based public transport. We tested the effects of (1) specific decision factors for engaging in long-distance travel, choosing specific modes of travel and choosing virtual solutions; (2) former travel activities; (3) postponed trips due to COVID-19; and (4) sociodemographic factors, on the willingness of individuals to reduce air travel in a sample of university employees. We calculated regression models for the three strategies and added a qualitative analysis of open-ended comments. Former travel behavior as well as pro-environmental considerations play significant roles, influencing the willingness of employees to change their business travel behavior. Furthermore, we found that willingness to reduce air travel depends on the scope of behavior change. Although travel behavior is unevenly distributed across different subgroups, sociodemographic factors only play a minor role in the regression models. The present study adds to the limited body of quantitative research on the reduction potential of academic air travel, presenting an examination of university staff's willingness to change their long-distance travel behavior. Implications for university polices are discussed.

show abstract

“…Thus, regularly undertaking such journeys can significantly impact on people's non-work time, due to both requirements to travel outside work hours, or to stay away from home. A reasonable amount of academic attention has been devoted to examining such work-related travel (see for example Gustafson 2006, Hislop & Axtell 2015, Holm & Kendall 2008, Jeong et al 2013, Lassen 2009. Hislop's (2016) framework.…”

Section: Professional Workersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Despite factors such as traffic congestion etc., the larger the spatial scale that people are travelling across, the longer travel time is likely to be. Further, while technological innovations now make it possible for people to devote much travel time to working (Hislop & Axtell 2015), business travel often has to be done outside of 'normal office hours' in order for people to arrive on time for the face-to-face meetings they are travelling for. Thus overall work time (travel time plus non-travel work hours) is broadly linked to the amount of time devoted to work-related travel, with overall work time increasing as travel time increases.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

The diverse patterns of work-related business travel: accounting for spatial scale

Hislop

2016

Applied Mobilities

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In relation to the topic of mobile working, Donald's research focuses on two specific, overlapping themes: the extent to which business people work while travelling on work-related journeys, and the way in which mobile computer and communication technologies are used in these work activities. He has published extensively on this topic in a diverse range of journals including Work, Employment and Society, New Technology, Work and Employment, Information and Organization and Mobilities.

show abstract

The work-related affordances of business travel: a disaggregated analysis of journey stage and mode of transport

Cited by 9 publications

References 20 publications

Present whilst absent: Home and the business tourist gaze

Present whilst absent: Home and the business tourist gaze

Flying High in Academia—Willingness of University Staff to Perform Low-Carbon Behavior Change in Business Travel

The diverse patterns of work-related business travel: accounting for spatial scale

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About