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Case Study: Assessing The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Potential for a More Climate-Friendly Work-Related Mobility

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dc.creatorWilke, Dennis-
dc.creatorRau, Henriette-
dc.creatorHärtling, Joachim W.-
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-02T07:40:50Z-
dc.date.available2023-05-02T07:40:50Z-
dc.date.issued2022-10-06-
dc.identifier.citationWilke D, Rau H, Härtling JW. Case Study: Assessing The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Potential for a More Climate-Friendly Work-Related Mobility. Sustainability. 2022; 14(19):12708.ger
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.48693/299-
dc.identifier.urihttps://osnadocs.ub.uni-osnabrueck.de/handle/ds-202305028745-
dc.description.abstractThe switch from working in-office to working from home in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on people’s mobility behavior. In view of the need for action arising from the ongoing challenge of climate change, these changes should be seen as an opportunity to reduce emissions in the traffic sector. The aim of this study was to analyze changes in work-related mobility that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic using the case of a multinational medium-sized retail chain situated in semi-rural Germany. The case study allowed us to examine those changes in connection with individual attitudes and perspectives of the company and its employees. Thus, we quantitatively recorded the mobility behavior of the company’s employees, followed by an expert interview to ascertain the company’s perspective. We found a reduction in the frequency of commuting and business trips made by employees, which seemed to continue beyond the COVID-19 crisis. However, according to our findings these changes were not based on individual motivation to act in a climate-aware manner but are subject to the framework conditions created by employers for the adoption of climate-friendly behavior. The results of this work could be used by companies and policymakers to create such favorable framework conditions.eng
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.3390/su141912708ger
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectmobilityeng
dc.subjectCOVID-19eng
dc.subjecthome officeeng
dc.subjectcommutingeng
dc.subjectbusiness traveleng
dc.subjectcase studyeng
dc.subjectclimate awarenesseng
dc.subjectclimate behavioreng
dc.subject.ddc380 - Handel, Kommunikation, Verkehrger
dc.subject.ddc550 - Geowissenschaftenger
dc.titleCase Study: Assessing The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Potential for a More Climate-Friendly Work-Related Mobilityeng
dc.typeEinzelbeitrag in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift [Article]ger
orcid.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0816-0693-
orcid.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3633-251X-
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su141912708-
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