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Understanding Business Travel Time and Its Place in the Working Day

Holley, David; Jain, Juliet; Lyons, Glenn

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David Holley



Abstract

This article argues that there is a need to understand business travel time in the context of the wider organization of work time. It considers why travel time use is potentially changing with the use of mobile technologies by the increasing number of individuals engaged in ‘knowledge work’, and examines existing evidence that indicates that travel time use is part of a wider work-related ‘taskscape’. However, it not only considers material productive output, but suggests that travel time as ‘time out’ from work-related activities also plays a vital role for employees. It also suggests that business travel time use that is not of benefit to the employer may not be at the employer's expense. This is contrasted with the assumptions used in UK transport appraisal. Data gathered from the autumn 2004 wave of the National Rail Passenger Survey (GB) is used to illustrate some key issues concerning productivity and ‘anti-activity’. A case study of an individual business traveller then points towards the need for a new approach to exploring the role played by travel time in the organization of work practices to be considered. © 2008, Sage Publications. All rights reserved.

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Holley, D., Jain, J., & Lyons, G. (2008). Understanding Business Travel Time and Its Place in the Working Day. Time and Society, 17(1), 27-46. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961463X07086308

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2008
Deposit Date Jul 15, 2010
Publicly Available Date Feb 22, 2016
Journal Time & Society
Print ISSN 0961-463X
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 17
Issue 1
Pages 27-46
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0961463X07086308
Keywords business travel, business travel, productivity, time use, transport, appraisal
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1014582
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0961463X07086308

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