Mode Decisions and Context Change – What About the Attitudes? A Conceptual Framework
ISBN: 978-1-78441-616-4, eISBN: 978-1-78441-615-7
Publication date: 13 May 2015
Abstract
Purpose
Theoretical assumptions for explaining travel behaviour changes are frequently limited to disciplinary boundaries. By combining the occurrence of key events with attitudinal dimensions in the ROA model and, furthermore, drawing on the model of cognitive dissonance, an integrated theoretical framework is presented.
Methodology/approach
We review several streams of research in different fields of travel behaviour research and develop a theoretical framework for guiding future empirical work on travel behaviour research.
Findings
The theoretical framework proposes that due to a key event a window of opportunity opens for behavioural change and adaptation processes of attitudes and behaviour.
Research limitations/implications
Further empirical research will have to show the validity and usefulness of the theoretical framework developed. A panel data analysis is proposed with attitudinal variables before and after a certain key event.
Keywords
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgement
This research has been funded by the Scholarship Programme of the German Federal Environmental Foundation (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt).
Citation
Busch-Geertsema, A. and Lanzendorf, M. (2015), "Mode Decisions and Context Change – What About the Attitudes? A Conceptual Framework", Sustainable Urban Transport (Transport and Sustainability, Vol. 7), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 23-42. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2044-994120150000007012
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2015 Emerald Group Publishing Limited