RCN Work-Conflict Study

The H&R MFRC believes that military family research provides the basis for understanding how best to meet the needs of Military and Veteran families. As such, we will let military and veteran families know about research opportunities that may be of interest to them. We do not endorse particular research or researchers but encourage interested families to determine if the research study is a good fit for them. We recently received the following request:

On behalf of the Director General Military Personnel Research and Analysis and the Royal Canadian Navy, we would like to invite you to participate in a study examining work-life conflict in the Navy. Specifically, the study will (1) identify key challenges impacting RCN member’s work-life balance; and (2) identify existing successful solutions, and develop new solutions, to mitigate work-life conflict. In addition to interviewing Navy personnel, we would also like to speak to the partners of Navy personnel to understand their perceptions of the challenges to work-life conflict and potential areas of support.

Participation will involve taking part in a virtual interview that will take approximately 60-90 minutes of your time. Interview questions will cover your partner’s work-life balance, challenges that have impacted your partner’s ability to maintain work-life balance, what was done to successfully to support their work-life balance, what prevented work-life balance, and what changes could be implemented to promote work-life balance.

Interviews will be audio-recorded initially. Interviews will be transcribed to allow for the identification of common challenges, barriers, and solutions among interview participants. Your participation will be confidential, and you will be offered the opportunity to review your interview transcript prior to its use in the final report.

If you are interested in participating or have any questions regarding the study, please contact Dr. Christine Frank at Christine.Frank@forces.gc.ca