Problem: You are proposing a study to examine the "return to the office" for professional employees after many have been working from home (wfh) for the past 2+ years due to the covid-19 pandemic. You're specifically interested in answering the following research questions: What factors influence a company's/organization's decision about whether to return to have employees return to the office for in-person work, to continue to allow employees to work from home (remotely) permanently or to switch to a hybrid model that allows for some work-from-home/remote work days but also requires employees to come to the office? Which types of companies/organizations are most likely to switch to a hybrid model?
1. What type of research will you need to conduct - qualitative or quantitative? Specifically, what type of data collection will need to be used? Be sure to explain your reasoning as to WHY that is the appropriate (BEST!!) type of data collection for this specific study!
2. Will this be case-oriented or variable-oriented research? Explain your reasoning. More specifically, describe how you will select the sample for this study and justify why that is the best approach given the study goals and research question.
3. Based on the study design you have developed, discuss study limitations in terms of the validity and reliability (both internal and external!) of the data and the generalizability of the findings.