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Title:

The Impact of Economic Factors on Job Satisfaction Levels of Self-Employed Container Truck Drivers in Shanghai, China

Accession Number:

01516387

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

The dilemma between the prosperity of Shanghai Port and the realistic hardships of truck drivers’ survival conditions is one of the original motivations of the researchers for conducting this study. The job satisfaction level (JSL) of a self-employed container truck driver (SCTD) is vital to the stability of the container trucking industry (CTI) in Shanghai. In contrast to most of the existing truck-related literatures involving crashes and drivers’ fatigue, this study places an emphasis on the impact of economic factors on SCTDs’ JSLs. An anonymous field survey of 645 SCTDs was conducted at Waigaoqiao Port and Yangshan Port, Shanghai. Three ordered probit models were developed for the analysis of variables including the drivers’ demographic characteristics, economic factors, fatigue conditions, and their attitude and reactions to a depression of the CTI. The results show that, the demographics variables are not statistically significant to the driver’s current job satisfaction. SCTDs with higher income and less expenditures are expected to have higher JSLs. High diesel price, high Consumer Price Index (CPI) and low freight-to-distance ratio (FDR) have a negative effect on the SCTDs’ JSLs in the industry depression. Drivers who drive overtime tend to adopt aggressive reactions. The increase of diesel price and CPI, the decline of FDR expose the industry in risks and instability. Credible evidence is provided that as the dissatisfaction levels of SCTDs rise, they tend to take more practical measures which may bring about negative influences on the stability of the whole industry and even the society.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AT060 Trucking Industry Research.

Monograph Accession #:

01503729

Report/Paper Numbers:

14-2063

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Jiang, Chenming
Lu, Jian
Lu, Linjun
Cao, Zhiqiang
Zhang, Yi

Pagination:

19p

Publication Date:

2014

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC
Date: 2014-1-12 to 2014-1-16
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Uncontrolled Terms:

Self-employed drivers

Geographic Terms:

Shanghai (China)

Subject Areas:

Economics; Freight Transportation; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; I10: Economics and Administration

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2014 Paper #14-2063

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 27 2014 2:43PM