Drexel Research Study: Seeking People Who Volunteered In-person or Virtually in Local Schools

Posted by Drexel University on June 13, 2023

The purpose of this study is to understand the benefits you experience from volunteering your time online or in-person whether you were paid/unpaid across different schools in the Philadelphia region. If you choose to participate, you will be asked a series of questions in the form of an interview where you will be expected to share your experiences with the interviewer, a member of the research team. The interview will be recorded online using a secure, Drexel licensed account on Zoom.

The discussion may last anywhere between 45 minutes – 1.5 hours, depending on where you decide to elaborate in the sharing of your experiences with us. Your participation will earn you a choice to receive a small financial compensation or you can decide to donate your earnings to a charitable organization of your choice. If you choose to donate your study earnings, the funding will be provided independently by members of the research team and in no way will be affiliated with Drexel University funding. Payments will be made approximately one week after the interview session.

Eligibility

We are looking for U.S.-based adults who are at least 18 years old, speak English fluently, reside in the U.S., and have engaged in some sort of volunteering for a school in the Philadelphia region within the past 3 months.

For “online volunteering”, we are referring to the following operational definition: “Online volunteering consists of formal volunteer work that partly or wholly uses a device connected to Internet-based technologies to perform tasks for an organization in order to contribute to a mission-oriented cause that benefits society.”- C. Anthony

Requirements

The study requires you to carefully listen to the interviewer’s questions and share your experiences verbally.

Confidentiality

Your responses are completely confidential. Results will only be used for research purposes. As such, we ask that you please be honest and truthful in your responses.

Participation

Participating in this study is voluntary. You may discontinue participation at any time without penalty or loss of benefits.

Risks/Discomforts

We anticipate no risks or discomforts associated with participation in this study.

If you are interested in participating in this research study, contact Carissa Anthony at [email protected].

Additional Information

This research is being conducted by researchers from Drexel University and the Drexel Institutional Review Board (IRB) is overseeing this study. If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints about the research, you can contact the research team (contact: Dr. Jillian Hmurovic, [email protected]). If you have any questions, concerns, complaints, questions about subjects’ rights, would like to obtain more information, or would like to offer input, you may also contact Drexel’s IRB office independent of the research team (contact: 267-359-2471 or email: [email protected]).