The past few years have seen an increase in studies on the effects of
commuting stress on various measures of strain. In particular, commuti
ng impedance, a combination of time and distance between home and work
, has been suggested as the independent variable that best describes t
he commuting experience. As demographic characteristics have been hypo
thesized as affecting strain, data were collected on personal variable
s and mode of transportation. Presents results from subjects in the pr
esent study consisting of 200 employees of a service organization near
Tel Aviv, Israel. Whereas results verified the impact of commuting im
pedance on strain measures related to the commuting experience, the as
sociation between personal variables and strain was found to be incons
istent. Although the subjects were drawn from one organization only, t
hey manifested many of the commuting patterns observed in other wester
n nations. Proposes several suggestions for investigating the relation
ship among commuting stress and strain variables in future studies.