US Employees’ Experience with Virtual Work Arrangements During the Pandemic Period

You are being asked to participate in a research study. Your participation in this research study is voluntary and you do not have to participate. Even if you decide to participate now, you may change your mind and stop at any time. This document contains important information about this study and what to expect if you decide to participate.  Please consider the information carefully.  Feel free to ask questions before making your decision whether to participate.

Study Purpose: If you participate in this research study, you will be invited to complete an anonymous survey online about any virtual work experiences. Participants are full-time employees in the United States between the ages of 18-55. Survey duration is less than 15 minutes. You may choose not to continue with the survey for any reason without penalty. There are no expected risks to you as a result of participating in this study. The Survey Monkey Rewards App awards .25 per survey completed. Once participants reach a minimum of $5 threshold, they can redeem for an Amazon gift card (not cash).

Procedures: If you agree to be a part of the research study, you will be asked to complete a survey that will take about 15 minutes of your time. Before you begin, please note that the data you provide may be collected and used by Survey Monkey per its privacy agreement. This research is only for U.S. residents over the age of 18. Please be mindful to respond in a private setting and through a secured Internet connection for your privacy. Your confidentiality will be maintained to the degree permitted by the technology used. Specifically, no guarantees can be made regarding the interception of data sent via the Internet by any third parties. Your name and identifying information will not be connected in any way to your responses in this study. The online system will grant you credit when you submit your responses by separately submitting your Identity Code to the system while your responses are sent to a different database for retrieval by the researcher.

Data Sharing: De-identified data from this study may be shared with the research community at large to advance science and health. We will remove or code any personal information that could identify you before files are shared with other researchers to ensure that, by current scientific standards and known methods, no one will be able to identify you from the information we share. Despite these measures, we cannot guarantee anonymity of your personal data. Questions: If you have any questions about this project or your participation, please feel free to ask questions now or contact Martha Davis at martha.davis@du.edu or faculty sponsor, Dr. Sung Soo Kim sungsoo.kim@du.edu at any time. If you have any questions or concerns about your research participation or rights as a participant, you may contact the University of Denver’s Human Research Protections Program (HRPP) by emailing IRBAdmin@du.edu or calling (303) 871-2121 to speak to someone other than the researchers. The University of Denver Institutional Review Board has determined that this study is minimal risk and is exempt from full IRB oversight. By clicking the link below, I confirm that I have read this form and decided that I will participate in the project described above. Its general purposes, the particulars of involvement, and possible risks and inconveniences have been explained to my satisfaction.I understand that I can discontinue participation at any time. My consent also indicates that I am at least 18 years of age. [Please feel free to print a copy of this consent form.] Please take all the time you need to read through this document and decide whether you would like to participate in this research study.If you decide to participate, your completion of the research procedures indicates your consent.