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Stressor and personal variables in the commuting experience

Meni Koslowsky (Department of Psychology, Bar‐Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel)
Asher Aizer (Department of Psychology, Bar‐Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel)
Moshe Krausz (Department of Psychology, Bar‐Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel)

International Journal of Manpower

ISSN: 0143-7720

Article publication date: 1 May 1996

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Abstract

The past few years have seen an increase in studies on the effects of commuting stress on various measures of strain. In particular, commuting impedance, a combination of time and distance between home and work, has been suggested as the independent variable that best describes the commuting experience. As demographic characteristics have been hypothesized as affecting strain, data were collected on personal variables and mode of transportation. Presents results from subjects in the present study consisting of 200 employees of a service organization near Tel Aviv, Israel. Whereas results verified the impact of commuting impedance on strain measures related to the commuting experience, the association between personal variables and strain was found to be inconsistent. Although the subjects were drawn from one organization only, they manifested many of the commuting patterns observed in other western nations. Proposes several suggestions for investigating the relationship among commuting stress and strain variables in future studies.

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Koslowsky, M., Aizer, A. and Krausz, M. (1996), "Stressor and personal variables in the commuting experience", International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 17 No. 3, pp. 4-14. https://doi.org/10.1108/01437729610119478

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