Detach to Connect: Using Commute Time as a Buffer between Work and Home
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Date
2024
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UMT, Lahore
Abstract
This study examines the prospective advantages of commuting for aviation professionals, with an
emphasis on its function as a buffer between work and personal life. This innovative method
reinterprets commuting, which has been traditionally perceived as a source of tension, as a chance
for psychological detachment and recovery. The quantitative research conducted on 201
professionals from aviation related to Pakistani airlines and collection of samples employed at
airports and different social media platforms. The main focus of data analysis was indicated as
mediation analysis that was conducted by using SPSS and SmartPLS4. The results of the research
showed that the comprehensive and careful interaction obtained from family improved the
psychological detachment of employ during commute that enhances the ability of work recovery.
The findings of this study highlighted the consequences of physiological and psychological
recovery at commute contributed as the theoretical and practical involvement in the field. The
study recommended that the well-being and efficiency of employees improved if they provided
with facilities that involved in psychological detachment during the commuting. However, the
study generalizability limited by the flexibility on convenience sampling that suggested to research
on personal attributes like flexibility and alternative commuting modes. Altogether the research
study highlighted the advantages for aviation professional for commute timing and provided with
the facilities to balance the work life and mental health experiencing the practices and policies
provided by the organization.