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Jalil MF, Ali A. The influence of meaningful work on the mental health of SME employees in the COVID-19 era: can coping strategies mediate the relationship? BMC Public Health 2023; 23:2435. [PMID: 38057782 PMCID: PMC10702016 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-17347-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Stress, depression, and anxiety are prevalent issues among SME employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. Even while having meaningful work that expressively contributes to individual growth has been related to improving mental health, employees' work may also need to adopt coping strategies to increase outcomes. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between meaningful work (positive meaning, meaning-making, and greater good motivations) and mental health, as well as coping strategies (problem-focused and emotion-focused) as a mediator of this relationship. METHODS Meaningful work, coping strategies, and mental health were evaluated in empirical research based on a sample of 462 SME employees working in Malaysia. Structured questionnaires were used to collect the data and analyze it through Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) using AMOS 21.0. RESULTS The findings of the study show the importance of meaningful work in influencing the mental health of SME employees, particularly during a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic. This suggests that the more they value and see their work as meaningful, the more capable they are of dealing with limitations and mental health problems associated with crises. The study also discovered a partial mediating role for coping strategies between employees' mental health and meaningful work. CONCLUSION This study encourages employees to constantly feel connected and discover continued possibilities to work and learn even during crisis situations. In order to improve human resource efficiency in emerging markets, managers and owners of SMEs must implement the model developed by the researchers.
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- Muhammad Farhan Jalil
- Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), 94300, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia.
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- Graduate School of Management, Management and Science University, Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
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Qin H, Tang Y. Risk perceptions of COVID-19, vocational identity, and employment aspirations of Chinese aviation students: a structural equation modeling approach. BMC Public Health 2023; 23:2175. [PMID: 37932723 PMCID: PMC10629010 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-17144-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2023] [Accepted: 11/03/2023] [Indexed: 11/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the aviation and education sectors in China. This study examined the relationships between risk perceptions of the pandemic, vocational identity, and employment aspirations of Chinese aviation students. METHODS The study used a convenience sampling approach to collect data (n = 276 respondents) from August 2 to 8, 2022. An online survey was sent via WeChat and QQ to Chinese students majoring in aviation service management who were under lockdown at six Chinese schools. RESULTS In spite of the strong support for the stringent COVID policies and full awareness of infection risk and protective measures, respondents were worried about the current unstable situation and felt fear for its severity and long-lasting symptoms. The casual path from career commitment to employment aspiration was supported, but high risk perceptions of the pandemic failed to have any psychological effect on the two constructs of vocational identity and employment aspirations. CONCLUSIONS The findings not only demonstrate the power of career commitment on employment aspirations but also reveal that a relatively high self-assessment of career proficiency may not necessarily lead to a clear career aspiration, possibly due to poor risk communication and insufficient career planning guidance. Thus, Chinese aviation students should improve their career proficiency and commitment, broaden their career options and adaptability, and have a clear career plan, in order to be well prepared for the fierce job market that will face the next wave of the ongoing pandemic.
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- Hongyao Qin
- School of Broadcasting and Hosting, Sichuan Film and Television University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China
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- College of Tourism and Urban-rural Planning, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China.
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Bao D, Tian S, Kang D, Zhang Z, Zhu T. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on air pollution from jet engines at airports in central eastern China. AIR QUALITY, ATMOSPHERE, & HEALTH 2022; 16:641-659. [PMID: 36531937 PMCID: PMC9735065 DOI: 10.1007/s11869-022-01294-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Aircraft engine emissions (AEEs) generated during landing and takeoff (LTO) cycles are important air pollutant sources that directly impact the air quality at airports. Although the COVID-19 pandemic triggered an unprecedented collapse in the civil aviation industry, it also relieved some environmental pressure on airports. To quantify the impact of COVID-19 on AEEs, the amounts of three typical air pollutants (i.e., HC, CO, and NOx) from LTO cycles at airports in central eastern China were estimated before and after the pandemic. The study also explored the temporal variation and the spatial autocorrelation of both the emission quantity and the emission intensity, as well as their spatial associations with other socioeconomic factors. The results illustrated that the spatiotemporal distribution pattern of AEEs was significantly influenced by the policies implemented and the severity of COVID-19. The variations of AEEs at airports with similar characteristics and functional positions generally followed similar patterns. The results also showed that the studied air pollutants present positive spatial autocorrelation, and a positive spatial dependence was found between the AEEs and other external socioeconomic factors. Based on the findings, some possible policy directions for building a more sustainable and environment-friendly airport group in the post-pandemic era were proposed. This study provides practical guidance on continuous monitoring of the AEEs from LTO cycles and studying the impact of COVID-19 on the airport environment for other regions or countries.
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- Danwen Bao
- College of Civil Aviation, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Jiangning District, No. 29, Jiangjun Avenue, Nanjing, 211106 Jiangsu Province China
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- College of Civil Aviation, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Jiangning District, No. 29, Jiangjun Avenue, Nanjing, 211106 Jiangsu Province China
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- Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2818 Como Avenue S.E, Minneapolis, MN 55414 USA
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- College of Civil Aviation, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Jiangning District, No. 29, Jiangjun Avenue, Nanjing, 211106 Jiangsu Province China
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- College of Civil Aviation, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Jiangning District, No. 29, Jiangjun Avenue, Nanjing, 211106 Jiangsu Province China
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Sun X, Wandelt S, Zhang A. COVID-19 pandemic and air transportation: Summary of Recent Research, Policy Consideration and Future Research Directions. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES 2022; 16:100718. [PMID: 36407295 PMCID: PMC9640395 DOI: 10.1016/j.trip.2022.100718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2022] [Revised: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 11/06/2022] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The COVID-19 pandemic can be considered an unparalleled disruption to the aviation industry in the last century. Starting with an at-that-time inconceivable reduction in the number of flights from March 2020 to May 2020, the aviation industry has been trying to navigate through and out of the crisis. This process is accompanied with a significant number of scientific studies, reporting on the direct and indirect impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on aviation and vice versa. This paper reviews the impacts in context of the recent literature. We have collected nearly 200 well-published papers on the subject in the years 2021/2022 and dissected them into a framework of eight categories, built around: airlines, airports, passengers, workforce, markets, contagion, sustainability, and economics. We highlight the essence of findings in the literature and derive a set of future research directions and policy considerations which we deem important on the way towards pandemic-resilient aviation.
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- Xiaoqian Sun
- National Key Laboratory of CNS/ATM, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beihang University, 100191 Beijing, China
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- National Key Laboratory of CNS/ATM, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beihang University, 100191 Beijing, China
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- Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Bao D, Yin L, Tian S, Lv J, Wang Y, Wang J, Liao C. Impact of Different Transportation Modes on the Transmission of COVID-19: Correlation and Strategies from a Case Study in Wuhan, China. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph192315705. [PMID: 36497781 PMCID: PMC9740347 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192315705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2022] [Revised: 11/03/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Transportation is the main carrier of population movement, so it is significant to clarify how different transportation modes influence epidemic transmission. This paper verified the relationship between different levels of facilities and epidemic transmission by use of the K-means clustering method and the Mann-Whitney U test. Next, quantile regression and negative binomial regression were adopted to evaluate the relationship between transportation modes and transmission patterns. Finally, this paper proposed a control efficiency indicator to assess the differentiated strategies. The results indicated that the epidemic appeared 2-3 days earlier in cities with strong hubs, and the diagnoses were nearly fourfold than in other cities. In addition, air and road transportation were strongly associated with transmission speed, while railway and road transportation were more correlated with severity. A prevention strategy that considered transportation facility levels resulted in a reduction of the diagnoses of about 6%, for the same cost. The results of different strategies may provide valuable insights for cities to develop more efficient control measures and an orderly restoration of public transportation during the steady phase of the epidemic.
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- Danwen Bao
- College of Civil Aviation, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China
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- College of Civil Aviation, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China
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- College of Civil Aviation, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China
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- College of Civil Aviation, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China
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- College of Civil Aviation, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China
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- School of Transportation, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
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- Air Traffic Management Bureau of Central South of China, Guangzhou 510422, China
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Pham T, Nugroho A. Tourism-induced poverty impacts of COVID-19 in Indonesia. ANNALS OF TOURISM RESEARCH EMPIRICAL INSIGHTS 2022. [PMCID: PMC9424523 DOI: 10.1016/j.annale.2022.100069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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International tourism is an important sector in developing countries for its ability to alleviate poverty. Impacts of COVID-19 are detrimental to all tourism destinations. This paper examines the pandemic effects on poverty of regional economies based on a multi-household CGE model using Indonesia as a case study. Results are critically important for policymakers, as the pandemic retracts achievement of poverty reduction significantly, more than a decade of effort for Bali in this case study. Adverse impacts are transferred to other non-tourism destinations through inter-regional trade flows. The paper provides empirical evidence to call for government's targeted support to combat the economic impacts of the pandemic improve poverty more effectively.
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The Impacts of Environmental Dynamism on Chinese Tour Guides’ Sustainable Performance: Factors Related to Vitality, Positive Stress Mindset and Supportive Policy. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19159289. [PMID: 35954646 PMCID: PMC9368518 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19159289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2022] [Revised: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Although previous research shows great interest in improving the sustainability of organizations’ performance, little is known about individual sustainable performance, especially for special groups such as tour guides. Drawing on the Conservation of Resources (COR) theory, this study aimed to investigate the effect of environmental dynamism caused by COVID-19 on tour guides’ sustainable performance and mediating role of vitality and intervention mechanism in this relationship. Adopting a quantitative research method, we collected data from 382 professional tour guides in China via three surveys. The Structural Equation Model (SEM) and PROCESS were used to test the hypotheses. The results revealed that: (1) environmental dynamism was negatively related to tour guides’ sustainable performance and (2) vitality at work mediated this negative effect; (3) a positive stress mindset moderated the relationship between environmental dynamism and vitality; (4) supportive policy’s moderating role in the relationship of vitality and sustainable performance was not significant. The above conclusions contribute to the literature about the external environment, emotional state, performance management and application boundary of COR theory in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Dube K. COVID-19 vaccine-induced recovery and the implications of vaccine apartheid on the global tourism industry. PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF THE EARTH (2002) 2022; 126:103140. [PMID: 35313651 PMCID: PMC8928730 DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2022.103140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Revised: 01/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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According to United Nations, World Tourism Organization COVID-19 has had the most devastating impact on the entire global tourism value chain, which resulted in a 74% decline in international passenger arrival, a US$1.3 trillion loss in international tourism receipts, over the US $ 2trillion loss of global domestic product and placing between 100 and 120 million jobs at risk globally. While the initial impact of the pandemic was uniform across the world, the recovery was expected to be varied across the region due to inequitable access to the COVID-19 vaccine. This study seeks to examine the implications of vaccination inequity on tourism recovery in the global tourism market. The study uses secondary, archival data and harnesses the advantages of big data generated from online activities from tourists and tourism companies obtained from authoritative sources. The study found that inequitable access to vaccinations produced a skewed recovery favouring vaccinated regions concentrated in the developed world, leaving poor regions such as Africa behind. The robot system characterising the vaccine-induced recovery had also created a vaccine diplomatic nightmare that scuttled global tourism recovery efforts. To ensure sustainable recovery, there is a need to ensure global vaccination access by rechannelling some of the excess vaccines in developed countries to countries that needs them to ensure the opening up of the entire tourism global market and reduce vulnerabilities that are coming from COVID-19 variants, which poses a threat to the gains made from the current vaccination program. The study concludes that there will not be any meaningful economic recovery without a wholesale approach covering the entire global population.
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- Kaitano Dube
- Ecotourism Management, Vaal University of Technology, Andries Potgieter BlvD, Vanderbijlpark, 1911, South Africa
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Krishnan A. A Different Kind of Security: Public Healthcare in India. J Indian Inst Sci 2022; 102:663-669. [PMID: 35971407 PMCID: PMC9365212 DOI: 10.1007/s41745-022-00325-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Matsuura T, Saito H. The COVID-19 pandemic and domestic travel subsidies. ANNALS OF TOURISM RESEARCH 2022; 92:103326. [PMID: 34815608 PMCID: PMC8602970 DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2021.103326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Revised: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has significantly reduced tourism demands worldwide. Employing weekly data on tourist flows between Japanese prefectures, we examine the cost-effectiveness of domestic travel subsidies. Our results provide two implications for the literature. First, we identify the underlying mechanism of tourist flows during the pandemic. In contrast to infectious diseases that have only local effects, the COVID-19 pandemic has decreased tourism demand not only to, but also from, severely affected regions, deteriorating tourism businesses even in areas not severely affected by the disease. Second, we confirm the effectiveness of a price-discount strategy in mitigating economic damage to the accommodation sector caused by the pandemic.
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- Hokkaido University, Kita 9 Nishi 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 0600809, Japan
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Air-Travelers’ Perceptions of Service Quality during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Tripadvisor Sites. SUSTAINABILITY 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/su14010435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted both healthcare and the economy on a global scale. This pandemic has changed consumer habits and behaviors significantly, primarily because of confinement-related issues. While numerous research has been undertaken to study customer satisfaction using surveys and online passenger ratings, the effect of COVID-19 on passenger satisfaction has not been explored. It is vital to assess satisfaction indicators gathered from online consumer reviews to ascertain consumers’ preferences for airline services during the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal of this study is to determine the primary themes that emerged from airline travelers’ internet reviews during the COVID-19 outbreak. Additionally, it attempts to determine which of these themes relate to higher and lower passenger satisfaction. The article uses qualitative (i.e., narratives) analyses to examine the main components of passengers’ subjective experiences of the airline. Data are represented by passenger reviews posted on the TripAdvisor website. The analyses revealed ten themes in descriptions of airline travel experiences. These include “flight”, “service”, “staff”, “food”, “check-in”, “cancellation”, “COVID-19”, “airport”, “class”, and “luggage”. Dissatisfying concepts are linked with the “cancellation”, “check-in”, “refund”, and “airport” concepts.
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Budd T, Suau-Sanchez P, Halpern N, Mwesiumo D, Bråthen S. An assessment of air passenger confidence a year into the COVID-19 crisis: A segmentation analysis of passengers in Norway. JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY 2021; 96:103204. [PMID: 34602757 PMCID: PMC8479530 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2021.103204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2021] [Revised: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The COVID-19 crisis has become the most intense and long-lasting in the history of aviation. There is already a significant literature on the immediate impact of the outbreak, as well as on speculation on the future evolution of the industry. This paper seeks to contribute to this discussion by assessing a year into the crisis the demand related aspects and passenger behavioural impacts of the pandemic. Specifically, the paper aims to identify discrete market segments of air passengers according to their shared attitudes and preferences about air travel in light of the COVID-19 crisis, as well as past behaviour and future travel intentions. To achieve this, we analyse data from a large (n = 2096) online questionnaire survey of air passengers in Norway. The cluster analysis identifies four distinct passenger segments, with each displaying varying attitudes, behaviours, and levels of concern about air travel. One of these groups, described as the 'Apprehensive Elders', were identified as having the highest level of concern about flying, and subsequently showed a sharp decline in their intention to travel in the future. Another group, termed the 'Cautious Commuters', showed similarly enhanced levels of concerns about flying, but maintained a high propensity to fly following the pandemic despite these concerns. Regarding possible interventions to increase confidence in flying in the future, across all segments the data shows a clear preference for more 'traditional' active interventions, including wearing of face masks and enforcement of physical distancing, over and above passive or technological interventions. Norway represents a valuable case as a possible signal for future policy and practice in relation to the recovery of air travel following the pandemic. The findings have important implications for air transport managers and decision makers in terms of managing the perceptions and expectations of different passenger groups as air travel begins to return.
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- Thomas Budd
- Centre for Air Transport Management, Cranfield University, MK43 0TR Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Air Transport Management, Cranfield University, MK43 0TR Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
- Faculty of Business and Economics, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Av.Tibidabo, 39-43, 08035 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Marketing, Kristiania University College, Post Box 1190, Sentrum, 0107 Oslo, Norway
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- Faculty of Logistics, Molde University College - Specialized University in Logistics, Post Box 2110, 6402 Molde, Norway
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- Faculty of Logistics, Molde University College - Specialized University in Logistics, Post Box 2110, 6402 Molde, Norway
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