https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-28464-0_12
The paper discusses the potential of collaborative networks (CN) to support eco-friendly commuting and create ecological benefits. It therefore develops framework conditions within the concept of social business. The objective is to show up solutions to reduce air pollution, frustration, stress caused by rush hour traffic related to the inflexible working hours. Therefore, relevant social business framework conditions to support eco-friendly behavior have been identified. As a result the paper shows how social business can combine digitally driven empowerment of workers and corporate responsibility for human and environment. It points out the potential for ecological as well as for social benefits.
Commute green! The potential of enterprise social networks for ecological mobility concepts.
1. Commute green! The potential of enterprise social
networks for ecological mobility concepts.
Christian Zinke-Wehlmann and Julia Friedrich
Institute for Applied Informatics, (InfAI),04109 Leipzig Germany
20th Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises
23 - 25 September 2019 - Valentino Castle, Turin, Italy
6. 6
The “standard” employee
static work conditions
using car for commuting
8-17 km/h on 15 km (daily) = 50 to 110 min
118.5g/km on 15 km (daily) = 1.777 kg C02
7. 7Source: Waard (2013) Commuting in Europe: a dynamic macro analysis of commuting behaviour
in the European Union Name
Influences on Commute behavior
Personal
Income
Age
# of
Children
Rented or
owned
housing
Car
Ownership
Value of
Time
Full/part
Time
Gender
Education
Partner’s
commute
County of
Birth
Commuting
Experience
Gross
Domestic
Product
Macro Variables
Population
Density
Build-up
Index
Job Density
Urban/
Rural
Housing
Prices Transport
Network
DensityMono/
Polycentric
Indicator
Parking
Difficulties
Commute
Distance
Frequency
Time
14. 14
shared rides and
joined commuting
enhance vehicle occupancy
shared bike, cars
or scooter systems
relatedness and enjoyment (motivation)
better traffic flow and eco-friendly alternatives
exchange
information
Resources /
Opportunities
15. 15
shared car or
bike pools
to enhance vehicle occupancy
shared costs
shared parking
places
joint information
campaign
reduce parking stress
awareness and individual motivation
Resources /
Opportunities
17. • points ambition
• meaningful story relatedness
• feedback
• time comparison self-efficacy,
comparison
and fun
• progress statistics relatedness,
progression
and altruism
• simulation ambition and
altruism
• health statistics ambition and
fun
• other information
• challenges and rewards ambition 17
Gamification elements
18. • donations to ecological projects
• sustainable equipment
• team events
• ranking mechanisms
Incentives on group level
19. • agreed working-time conditions
flexiblize commuting
• home office
reduce commuting
• other regulations (voluntary or compulsory)
that supports vehicle occupancy, traffic flow
or eco-friendly commuting
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Further conditions
social business is understood as a strategy and framework whose application
is linked to the generation of a social, ecological and economic benefit as a primary goal from
the use of social or collaborative networks
ESN
Collaborative Networks are cross-organizational network, where social interaction via ESN is time- and location-independent [54]. This allows employees to stay connected across national borders and time zones. Companies often implement ESN with the goal of increasing productivity or innovation [51]
the potential for for ecological as well as social benefits and innovation possibilities are not very well researched yet
According to the European Environmental Agency, road transport accounts for 20 % on CO² and over 20 % on Nox
moving behavior of - car driving – commuter
lose-lose situation for every affected actor, especially in daily rush hours and congestion.
Worker and employee
lose time,
fuel (and money), and
motivation (senseless, inefficient time in traffic jams).
Further, the daily traffic struggle creates pollution [44], frustration, and stress [46].
Bildnachweis: Waard, Pieter Jonathan de. “Commuting in Europe: a dynamic macro analysis of commuting behaviour in the European Union Name :.” (2013).
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Commuting-in-Europe-%3A-a-dynamic-macro-analysis-of-%3A-Waard/901b9b11bf54f745e3f187c561b6e548bf6b8fca
he most powerful advantage of collaborative networks is the community aspect. Online communities strengthen feelings of relatedness [65]. In the context of badge systems, Kwon et al. describe the effect of social incentives [67] that work through comparison and social benchmarking. But online communities are not only useful in the context of incentive creation but can furthermore be used to promote a value system and create awareness for community relevant aspects such as ecology. Thus, social comparison and the growing awareness for ecological sustainability can both be exploited in order to establish a shared value system within collaborative networks.
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relations between the three different analysis layers of human, technology and the collaborative network (organisation) in terms of the influence of incentives on motivation, and resources and opportunities on the human ability to change behavior.
points ambition: (1) specific mobility behaviour according to the environmental footprint or (2) saved fuel costs with car sharing
meaningful story to address relatedness: using eco-friendly symbols to visualize the purpose, e.g. collecting leaves that fill a virtual tree after completing a challenge/a time window/redeeming the points of a full tree, a new tree is populated, the old tree is placed in a virtual park in which all full trees of the employees are displayed, including name plate
time comparison (1) of the journey to work (tracking of own commute times from the apartment door to the workplace), showing differences for different variants (bicycle vs. car, etc.) or (2) times spent in traffic jams, avoided congestion times when using bicycles, public transport to address self-efficacy, comparison and fun
progress statistics to address relatedness, progression and altruism: (1) visualization of personal or group CO² commute footprint as well as (real-time) ecological company footprint
simulation - eco-friendly suggests of car sharing + cycling + public transport use effects on congestion/pollution through (percentage), even with partial changeover (i.e. if 10% of employees do car sharing once a week air pollution would improve by xy%.) to address ambition and altruism
health statistics like (1) burned bike calories / walked steps, (2) conversion of calories into favorite food to choose (you burned x calories, that corresponds to 2 pieces of cake/1 burger in the cafeteria/...), (3) measurement and visualization of movement time / active time to address ambition and fun
information representation of commute-related facts: (1) current fine dust load of the day, (2) traffic jams, (3) weather prognosis
challenges and rewards to address ambition: (1) for personal use: set targets for time, calories, stress reduction, emission, (2) for company which spends a (donation) target, based on individual and group points.
donations to ecological projects per straight kilometre, e.g. planting of new trees on the company premises
purchase of sustainable equipment for the department
free team event when you reach a fixed number of points (e.g. joint e-bike tours)
rankings - team/department comparison on display in the entrance
Further the opportunities for the employee can be supported and eco-friendly behavior enhanced through:
agreed working-time conditions to flexiblize commuting
home office concepts to reduce unnecessary commuting
other regulations (voluntary or compulsory) that supports vehicle occupancy, traffic flow or eco-friendly commuting