e-Article
Effects of environmental characteristics on the institutionalization of public transportation: a test of the Ross model
Document Type
Journal Article
Author
Source
Transport. J.; (United States); 26:3
Subject
Language
English
Abstract
To test whether environmental characteristics influence institutionalization as hypotensized in the Ross Model, the author first examines the meaning of institutionalization as a dependent variable and various demographic and socio-economic factors as independent variables. A test to see how groups vary in either dependent or independent variables finds little or no significant difference. The study found that 23% of the change in the institutionalization of public transportation can be explained by the environmental characteristics cited by Ross. The test suggests that, since the effect of environmental characteristics on the institutionalization was minimal, management, through its choice of strategies, has the largest effect. 28 references, 3 tables.