The impact of business travel on travelers' well-being

Ye, Tian; Xu, Honggang

doi:10.1016/j.annals.2020.103058

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“…The overall economic situation and internal regulations thus have a considerable influence on the amount and form of business travel ( Davidson & Cope, 2003 ; Gustafson, 2012a ). For many travelers, business travel is associated with stress ( Defrank et al, 2000 ; Gustafson, 2014 ; Ivancevich, Konopaske, & Defrank, 2003 ) as well as various health risks ( Cohen & Gössling, 2015 ; Cohen & Kantenbacher, 2020 ; Ye & Xu, 2020 , 2021 ) and family-related challenges caused by the traveler's absence ( Defrank et al, 2000 ; Ladkin, Willis, Jain, Clayton, & Marouda, 2016 ; Willis, Ladkin, Jain, & Clayton, 2017 ), resulting in considerable individual costs.…”

Section: Literature Review and Hypotheses Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This also creates opportunities for companies such as saving costs and reducing GHG emissions ( Poom et al, 2017 ). For example, shifting unwanted travel for internal meetings to the virtual sphere can also help reduce family stress ( Defrank et al, 2000 ; Ivancevich et al, 2003 ) and potentially contribute to employee wellbeing ( Cohen, 2016 ; Ye & Xu, 2020 , 2021 ) and satisfaction. In addition, reducing business travel also resonates with the environmental awareness of a significant number of business travelers, which we also found in our sample.…”

Section: Conclusion and Managerial Implicationsmentioning

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The choice between business travel and video conferencing after COVID-19 – Insights from a choice experiment among frequent travelers

Müller

Wittmer

2023

Tourism Management

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Section: Literature Review and Hypotheses Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Conclusion and Managerial Implicationsmentioning

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The choice between business travel and video conferencing after COVID-19 – Insights from a choice experiment among frequent travelers

Müller

Wittmer

2023

Tourism Management

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“…Using a qualitative design, Ye and Xu (2020) examined the relationship between mobility and well-being among IB travelers. The interviews detected five important aspects of travelers' well-being: physical, psychological and social well-being, self-development and sense of freedom and pleasure.…”

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confidence: 99%

EXPERT REVIEW SERIES International business travel: a review of theory and research

Westman,

Chen,

Eden

2023

JGM

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PurposeThe goals of this review are to identify key theories, constructs and themes in the international business travel (IBT) literature and to propose a model based on findings, theories and constructs drawn from adjacent research literature.Design/methodology/approachThe authors reviewed the business travel (BT) literature to identify conceptual and empirical articles on IBT published from 1990 to 2022. Only 53 publications were suitable for review. The authors reviewed them using an open coding system.FindingsThe IBT literature is dispersed across several disciplines that use different methods, focus on different aspects of travel and emphasize different positive and negative outcomes that IBT engenders. The publications employed a diverse range of methods, including review and conceptual (11), quantitative (28) and qualitative methods (14). The samples were diverse in country, age, marital status and tenure. Many publications were descriptive and exploratory. The few that based their research on theory focused on two stress theories: Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) theory and conservation of resources (COR) theory.Research limitations/implicationsExperimental and longitudinal designs are needed to reduce the causal ambiguity of this body of mostly correlational and cross-sectional research. The authors discuss the impact of emerging advances in virtual global communication technology on the future of IBT.Practical implicationsMore research is needed on positive aspects of IBT. Human resource (HR) people should be aware of these issues and are encouraged to decrease the deleterious aspects of the international trips and increase the positive ones.Social implicationsIncreasing well-being of international business travelers is important for the travelers, their families and the organization.Originality/valueThis is the first IBT review focused on the theoretical underpinnings of research in the field. The authors offer a model for IBT and introduce adjustment and performance as important constructs in IBT research. The authors encompass crossover theory to add the reciprocal impact of travelers and spouses and label IBT a “double-edge sword” because it arouses both positive and negative outcomes.

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“…Jensen and Knudsen (2017) uses JD-R theory to examine work-family conflict and emotional exhaustion among Norwegian oil and gas business travellers. Rattrie and Kittler (2014) and Ye and Xu (2020) offer qualitative insight on positive and negative wellbeing experiences of IBTs and discuss how business travel creates positive and negative outcomes, stemming from job demands and resources.…”

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Does Job Demands-Resources Theory work for international business travel?

Rattrie¹,

Kittler²,

Cohen³

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Journal of Transport & Health

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The impact of business travel on travelers' well-being

Cited by 19 publications

References 34 publications

The choice between business travel and video conferencing after COVID-19 – Insights from a choice experiment among frequent travelers

The choice between business travel and video conferencing after COVID-19 – Insights from a choice experiment among frequent travelers

EXPERT REVIEW SERIES International business travel: a review of theory and research

Does Job Demands-Resources Theory work for international business travel?

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