04/17/2015
Are you a long-term traveler who sustains travel by working remotely? If you answered yes, I’d like to invite you to participate in my research study.
I am a doctoral candidate in Business Psychology at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology and am asking for your participation in my dissertation study that seeks to understand and explore the experience of workers who have chosen to travel full-time to destinations of their choice. Little research has been done understanding this experience of redesigning one’s life in order to have the freedom for long-term, international travel. I am particularly interested in the vocational aspect of this lifestyle.
You will be asked to voluntarily agree to participate in this study, followed by general demographic inquiries.
To qualify:
• You are a citizen of a stable, industrialized country who choose travel while working as a lifestyle
• You've traveled internationally while working for at least 1 year during the last 5 years
• The location of the travel destinations is or was completely under their control
• You have visited and worked from more than one country during the travel experience
Work:
• You're a full or part-time employees of a company or full or part-time independent contractors
• You are or were able to conduct work outside of a conventional work location (teleworking) while traveling
Each individual participant will be asked to complete a quick qualifying survey, a demographics questionnaire, and to take part in one 60 minute audio-recorded interview. The total time commitment for participants will not exceed 1 hour and 30 minutes.
If you are interested, please contact me directly at [email protected] or [email protected]. I would kindly appreciate your time and help in expanding this area of telecommuting research in order to help other individuals fulfill their dream of long-term travel without ending their working life.
Sincerely,
Yelena Ogan
PhD Candidate in Business Psychology
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
