Type | Web Page |
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URL | https://www.utoronto.ca/news/covid-19-hastens-trend-toward-more-dynamic-workplace-u-t-researcher |
Language | en |
Abstract | For more than two decades, Jia Lin Xie has researched the relationships people have with their jobs. What factors influence work satisfaction, motivation and emotional or physical well-being? And how do different cultures and generations connect to their work? The answers were always complex and ever-changing, but Xie says the sudden shift to virtual and hybrid work in 2020 for most knowledge workers – people with jobs that can be done remotely using technology – has put the spotlight on some key challenges of the modern workplace. “Jobs are becoming more dynamic, and that requires employees to be more flexible, available and better at multitasking,” says Xie, a professor of organizational behaviour at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. “There’s also an expectation for employees to constantly upgrade their skills to cope with increasing demands or uncertainty at work.” |
Website Title | University of Toronto News |
Date Added | 3/28/2022, 10:06:24 AM |
Type | Report |
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Author | Sam Fuller |
Author | Dillon T. Fitch |
Author | Mollie Cohen D'Agostino |
Author | Davis. Institute of Transportation Studies University of California |
Author | University of Southern California Pacific Southwest Region 9 UTC |
URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56846 |
Date | 2021-06-01 |
Extra | DOI: 10.7922/G2FJ2F3B |
Library Catalog | ROSA P |
Language | English |
Abstract | This report highlights key themes from a series of ten interviews with U.S. cities with micromobility programs in their jurisdictions (Atlanta, GA; Austin, TX; Chicago, IL; District of Columbia; Denver, CO; Los Angeles, CA; Oakland, CA; Portland, OR; San Diego, CA; Seattle, WA). The research aims to shed light on both the regulatory process and identify best practices for dockless bike and scooter sharing policy. The following themes emerged among the cities interviewed: a) Data-sharing requirements for scooters and dockless bikes are critical for evaluation and monitoring for compliance with policies like equitable distributional requirements; b) Clear parking regulations for dockless bikes and scooters must balance flexibility and preserve community space ; c) Fines are effective tools to reduce bad behavior from users of micromobility devices, e.g., incorrect parking, or reckless riding behavior; and d) Clear classifications of micromobility devices will allow cities to target guidance and update regulations over time to improve clarity and outcomes. Finally, the paper concludes that more research is needed to refine these findings in this new and rapidly growing micromobility marketplace. |
Report Number | PSR-UCD-19-40 |
Date Added | 3/31/2022, 1:23:37 PM |
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Eric Molin |
Author | Maarten Kroesen |
URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965856422000520 |
Volume | 158 |
Pages | 196-209 |
Publication | Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice |
Date | 2022-04-01 |
Journal Abbr | Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice |
DOI | 10.1016/j.tra.2022.03.005 |
Library Catalog | ScienceDirect |
Language | en |
Abstract | To minimize the risk of becoming infected by the Coronavirus while traveling by train, the national government and the Dutch railways' operator (NS) in the Netherlands have taken several policy measures. These involve that passengers have to wear masks and guidelines are issued for working at home and teaching online. In addition, other policy measures, such as introducing a reservation system, were considered. To examine to what extent train travelers support policy measures and how these change their perception of becoming infected while traveling by train, a stated preference experiment is conducted. Respondents were asked to evaluate various combinations of policy measures, both whether they consider it safe to travel by train under the stated conditions and whether they would vote in favor of the policy package in a referendum. To analyze the data, a mediation choice model is developed, which allows disentangling the direct effect of the policy measures on support and the indirect effect mediated by infection safety perception. To illustrate this, the results show that implementing the policy measure teaching on campus with later starting times would decrease travelers’ infection safety perception and therefore indirectly decrease its support. However, the positive direct effect on support suggests that travelers like this option better than teaching online, the guideline that applied at the time of data collection. The direct and indirect effects cancel each other out, indicating that this alternative policy measure would not count on more support than the guideline teaching online. Furthermore, this paper examines the heterogeneity in the support for policy measures by presenting and discussing the results of a Latent Class Choice Model. Amongst others, the results reveal that one class strongly supports the policy measure reservation system, while another class stongly opposes this measure, suggesting that implementing this measure is not trivial as suggested by its moderate effects at the aggregate level. |
Date Added | 3/29/2022, 10:34:41 AM |
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Matthew J. Beck |
Author | David A. Hensher |
URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965856422000635 |
Volume | 158 |
Pages | 271-284 |
Publication | Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice |
Date | 2022-04-01 |
Journal Abbr | Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice |
DOI | 10.1016/j.tra.2022.03.016 |
Library Catalog | ScienceDirect |
Language | en |
Abstract | The year 2020 has been marked by the most extraordinary event we have witnessed since World War II. While other health threats and geographical disasters have occurred, none have been on the global scale of COVID-19. Although many countries have experienced more than one wave of the pandemic throughout 2020, Australia has been largely able to contain the impact of the virus. While there are many reasons for this, a key component of reducing transmission has been restrictions on movement, and the widespread adoption of working from home (WFH) by those who can. In describing the experience Australian’s have had with working from home across 2020, via three waves of data collection, we find that WFH become a positive unintended consequence in contributing to the future management of the transport network, especially in larger metropolitan areas. Evidence suggests that support for WFH will be continuing in the form of a hybrid work model with more flexible working times and locations, linked to largely positive experiences of WFH during 2020, an improved wellbeing of employees, and no loss of productivity to the economy. We highlight potential future benefits of WFH to society, including significant implications for congestion and crowding, concluding that WFH is a formidable transport policy lever that must become embedded in the psyche of transport planners and decision makers so that we can gain some benefit from the pandemic. |
Date Added | 3/29/2022, 10:32:19 AM |