Work Family Conflict During a Pandemic |
Work-Family Conflict Study
Statement of Informed Consent
Key Information:
1. We seek your consent to participate in research. Participation is voluntary. You may refuse to participate or withdraw from participation at any time without consequence.
2. The purpose of this study is to explore how much work-family conflict people are experiencing during the pandemic. The survey takes 5 to 10 minutes to complete. All responses are anonymous.
3. The only foreseeable risks or discomforts that this research might bring would be to have to contemplate and reflect on the current year (2020), which has been stressful for many, and to report on conflict at work or home.
4. The benefits to this study would be to provide researchers with insight into who has experienced the most work-family conflict during the current pandemic.
Detailed Study Description:
If you choose to participate, you will be asked to provide background information about yourself and live-in your family. You will then be asked a about work-family conflict which exists when the demands of one's family role interferes with one's work performance or when the demands of one's work role interferes with one's family life.
Risks and Benefits of Participation:
This study involves minimal risk that would be encountered in daily life when thinking about work-family conflict, it may be upsetting to reflect on that. There may also be other risks that we cannot predict.
The main benefit from participation in this study is allow researchers to better understand how covid-19 and people living in close quarters has affected work-family conflict. This may help employers identify who is most likely to experience work-family conflict so that they can implement more family friendly policies. We cannot guarantee that you personally will experience benefits from your participation. Others may benefit in the future from the information we gather in this study.
Key Information:
1. We seek your consent to participate in research. Participation is voluntary. You may refuse to participate or withdraw from participation at any time without consequence.
2. The purpose of this study is to explore how much work-family conflict people are experiencing during the pandemic. The survey takes 5 to 10 minutes to complete. All responses are anonymous.
3. The only foreseeable risks or discomforts that this research might bring would be to have to contemplate and reflect on the current year (2020), which has been stressful for many, and to report on conflict at work or home.
4. The benefits to this study would be to provide researchers with insight into who has experienced the most work-family conflict during the current pandemic.
Detailed Study Description:
If you choose to participate, you will be asked to provide background information about yourself and live-in your family. You will then be asked a about work-family conflict which exists when the demands of one's family role interferes with one's work performance or when the demands of one's work role interferes with one's family life.
Risks and Benefits of Participation:
This study involves minimal risk that would be encountered in daily life when thinking about work-family conflict, it may be upsetting to reflect on that. There may also be other risks that we cannot predict.
The main benefit from participation in this study is allow researchers to better understand how covid-19 and people living in close quarters has affected work-family conflict. This may help employers identify who is most likely to experience work-family conflict so that they can implement more family friendly policies. We cannot guarantee that you personally will experience benefits from your participation. Others may benefit in the future from the information we gather in this study.
Confidentiality:
Your data will be kept completely anonymous. Your name will not be connected with any of your responses, so no one (including the researchers) will be able to know how you responded. Your responses will be collected via SurveyMonkey, which is an online survey database. Your responses will be destroyed after three years, once the data have been analyzed and conclusions from your responses have been made. All data will be reported in the aggregate, meaning no individual responses will be highlighted. Any information that risks participant identification will be excluded. While the information from this study is intended for publication, your individual response is protected from identification.
Withdrawal from the Study
Your participation is completely voluntary. If you decide to participate, you can cease participating at any time. You will not be penalized in any way.
Contact Information
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Dr. George Yancey, the Principal Investigator, at gyancey@semo.edu or Jennifer Bengtson, IRB chair, at irb@semo.edu.
Your data will be kept completely anonymous. Your name will not be connected with any of your responses, so no one (including the researchers) will be able to know how you responded. Your responses will be collected via SurveyMonkey, which is an online survey database. Your responses will be destroyed after three years, once the data have been analyzed and conclusions from your responses have been made. All data will be reported in the aggregate, meaning no individual responses will be highlighted. Any information that risks participant identification will be excluded. While the information from this study is intended for publication, your individual response is protected from identification.
Withdrawal from the Study
Your participation is completely voluntary. If you decide to participate, you can cease participating at any time. You will not be penalized in any way.
Contact Information
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Dr. George Yancey, the Principal Investigator, at gyancey@semo.edu or Jennifer Bengtson, IRB chair, at irb@semo.edu.