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A literature review of overnight work travel within individual, family and social contexts

This paper presents results of a comprehensive literature review of empirical studies investigating travel for work and how it relates to individual lives. The paper presents information on how work travel has been operationalized in the literature. The paper describes findings concerning how feelin...

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Published in:Community, work & family work & family, 2019-05, Vol.22 (3), p.357-383
Main Authors: Borowski, Shelby C., Naar, Jill J., Zvonkovic, Anisa M., Swenson, Andrea R.
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Language:English
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Summary:This paper presents results of a comprehensive literature review of empirical studies investigating travel for work and how it relates to individual lives. The paper presents information on how work travel has been operationalized in the literature. The paper describes findings concerning how feelings about travel, individual well-being, the work/family interface, family relationships and social connections have been found to be affected by work travel. The empirical articles on workers who travel have been conducted in multiple countries and via diverse methodologies, which provides richness to the findings. The lack of uniformity in how work travel has been operationalized presents challenges for drawing conclusions about the effects of work travel. Recommendations concerning how to move the field forward are presented, including uniting the employment-related literature with the family literature to provide more holistic and useful implications for the study of work travel.
ISSN:1366-8803
1469-3615
DOI:10.1080/13668803.2018.1463970