Happiness and Satisfaction with Work Commute

Autor/inn/en	Olsson, Lars E.; Garling, Tommy; Ettema, Dick; Friman, Margareta; Fujii, Satoshi
Titel	Happiness and Satisfaction with Work Commute
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 111 (2013) 1, S.255-263 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-012-0003-2
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Job Satisfaction; Urban Areas; Psychological Patterns; Positive Attitudes; Economic Climate; Physical Activities; Social Indicators; Sociometric Techniques; Quality of Working Life; Well Being; Life Satisfaction; Psychometrics; Surveys; Transportation; Employee Attitudes; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Urban area; Stadtregion; Wirtschaftslage; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Soziometrie; Arbeitsqualität; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Lebensvollendung; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Verkehrswesen; Arbeitnehmerinteresse; Schweden
Abstract	Research suggests that for many people happiness is being able to make the routines of everyday life work, such that positive feelings dominate over negative feelings resulting from daily hassles. In line with this, a survey of work commuters in the three largest urban areas of Sweden show that satisfaction with the work commute contributes to overall happiness. It is also found that feelings during the commutes are predominantly positive or neutral. Possible explanatory factors include desirable physical exercise from walking and biking, as well as that short commutes provide a buffer between the work and private spheres. For longer work commutes, social and entertainment activities either increase positive affects or counteract stress and boredom. Satisfaction with being employed in a recession may also spill over to positive experiences of work commutes. (Contains 5 tables and 3 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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