Communications Center

Participants Needed:

Are you an emerging adult (between the ages of 18-29)? Are expectations for work on your mind? Do you remember talking to working adults in your family or household about work, work-life balance, and/or work expectations? Do you remember having these conversations before the pandemic? Are you having these conversations now? 

We would like to invite you to participate in a research study that aims to gain a better understanding of how and if the memorable messages about work-life balance aimed at emerging adults have shifted in the post pandemic culture. To participate in this study, you must be 18 years of age or older, qualify as an emerging adult (between the ages of 18-29) and can recount discussions with working adults in your family or network about work-life, balance and work expectations/concerns. An emerging adult is someone who has entered the developmental stage typically coinciding with ages 18-29 years (Arnett 2000; 2004).  

If you are not 18 years of age, do not have any memorable discussions with working adults in your family or network about work-life, balance and work expectations/concerns, and/or are currently enrolled in any classes with the research team to participate or students enrolled in classes that the research team are taking you do not qualify for this project. 

If you would like to participate, please follow this link for more information: https://bsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eJ4eL05eFZgRNPw

The demographic survey should take less than 5 minutes to complete, and will ask for you to provide contact information if you would like to participated in an interview. If you are selected to participate, we will contact you at the e-mail address you provide to schedule a 1.5-hour time block for an interview. Interviews are expected to last between 40 minutes to 1.5 hours, depending on how much you wish to say.  

Your responses will be used to complete resulting papers. Your identity will not be revealed during this process to anyone besides the researchers and faculty advisor.  

Participants will be compensated $20 at the end of the interview for their time. Additionally, your contribution will be a valuable addition to our research and understanding of emerging adults’ memorable messages about work-life balance post pandemic. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. Thanks! 

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