eprintid: 1555526
rev_number: 39
eprint_status: archive
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dir: disk0/01/55/55/26
datestamp: 2017-10-19 16:32:24
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type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Ashmore, DP
creators_name: Christie, N
creators_name: Tyler, NA
title: Symbolic transport choice across national cultures: theoretical considerations for research design
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C05
divisions: F44
keywords: Latent choice motivation, transport symbolism, national culture, Lakatosian research programmes, mixed methods research, thematic analysis
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abstract: A recently empirically isolated latent variable in transport choice is symbolism, which examines what people believe their transport choices say to others about them and how they are judged in a social context. Whilst it is well established that symbolism differs vertically across different socio-economic groups within a country, very little work has been done on how symbolism in transport may differ between similar individuals across nations as a function of national cultural values, and how this may manifest itself in transport choices. If significant differences were to be found then this could have impacts for transport policy formulation and transfer. This paper explores and discusses these issues and concludes that the initial goal of any research into symbolic transport choices across cultures is theoretical fertility, and this is best achieved by adopting Lakatosian research programmes, using theory-driven thematic analysis to develop theoretical models for testing.
date: 2017
publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2017.1355882
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1293074
doi: 10.1080/03081060.2017.1355882
lyricists_name: Christie, Nicola
lyricists_name: Tyler, Nicholas
lyricists_id: NCHRI60
lyricists_id: NATYL84
actors_name: Ashmore, David
actors_id: DAVID91
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Transportation Planning and Technology
volume: 40
number: 8
pagerange: 875-900
pages: 26
issn: 1029-0354
citation:        Ashmore, DP;    Christie, N;    Tyler, NA;      (2017)    Symbolic transport choice across national cultures: theoretical considerations for research design.                   Transportation Planning and Technology , 40  (8)   pp. 875-900.    10.1080/03081060.2017.1355882 <https://doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2017.1355882>.       Green open access   
 
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