Vanessa Johnson
DARE Project: A Multi-Domain Work and Non-work Approach to linking Resources and Demands, Attitudes and Behaviours
Program(s) of Study: Human Resource Management
Project Supervisor: James Chowhan
The thing I enjoyed most from this experience was being exposed and encouraged to read such a wide range of interesting academic journals. Through screening and analyzing the papers I did I was able to develop a very concrete idea of the common structures, issues and methods used in HR papers today and in the past. This knowledge and understanding will certainly help me in the future should I pursue academia and begin writing papers of my own.
Project Description:
My research project uses a meta analysis to examine how demands—conditions that require sustained physical, cognitive, or emotional effort, such as high workload, role conflict and time scarcity —and resources—assets that help individuals cope with those demands and pursue valued goals such as autonomy, social and community support— shape individual outcomes across multiple life domains, including both work and non work context. My role on this project focuses on data collection, descriptive data analysis, and reporting on findings to contribute to the meta-analytical review. First I screened the compiled list of studies for eligibility, then I worked on extracting and coding information from these studies based on study characteristics, measures of demands, resources, and outcomes, and effect size estimates. In addition to these tasks, I also assisted with the data preparation, analysis of relevant data and preliminary meta-analytic computations. Lastly, I also contribute to the preparation of summaries, tables, and figures created based on this project's data.
The Dean’s Award for Research Excellence (DARE) - Undergraduate enables our students to meaningfully engage in research projects supervised by LA&PS faculty members. Find out more about DARE.
