# The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Perception of Globalization and Consumer Behavior
## 3 Methodology  
To assess the tendencies that may be observed among young contemporary consumers, students at the University of Warsaw, the authors carried out a survey using the computer-assisted website interview (CAWI) technique. The online survey questionnaires were distributed using the servers of the university. The purpose of the research was to analyze whether there occurred changes in the perceptions of globalization processes between before and during the pandemic.  
The research procedure consisted of the following stages:  
* Selecting a research sample, constructing a prototype of a survey on changes in consumer behavior and the impact of e-commerce on globalization processes during a pandemic and verifying the survey in a pilot group;
* Conducting research on a verified and tested questionnaire, hosted on the servers of the University of Warsaw;
* Conducting the study before the pandemic period and during the pandemic with a similar research group;
* Analyzing and discussing the results obtained from the study;
* Drawing conclusions on the basis of analysis and discussion, limitations and future research directions.  
This study on the perceptions of globalization among young people in Poland included a sample of students of the University of Warsaw took place in two cycles. The first survey was carried out in March 2020 (before the introduction of limitations and restrictions connected with social distancing, remote work and studies or travel resulting from the outbreak of the pandemic in Poland), and the second stage took place in December 2020. The research group consisted of students selected by convenience sampling. In the first research period (March 2020), the electronic questionnaire was correctly completed by 240 people (69% of the population to whom the invitation was issued), and in the second (December 2020), by 111 people (32%). The survey was conducted in March and December 2020 to analyze changes in consumer behavior before and during the pandemic. The differences that occurred between the two research samples were relatively small due to the fact that the survey was conducted in a similar environment of respondents, characterized by a similar structure of sex, age, education and social status, which allowed for high comparability of the results in the analyzed periods at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland in 2020 and during the pandemic in December 2020. The survey participants were selected among the population of students of the University of Warsaw, which ensures high comparability of the findings of the research carried out in three stages and is in line with the assumptions of the study.  
The study on the impact of COVID-19 on consumer behavior carried out in the third stage of the research (November 2021) was a continuation of the previous research involving a similar sample of students from the University of Warsaw. A similar group, i.e., a sample consisting of the students of the University of Warsaw, was asked to compare their activities before and during the pandemic. The authors of the article conducted research involving a group of 96 students who filled in a survey questionnaire in a complete and correct manner (29% of the population to whom the invitation was issued). The questionnaire forms that were completed partially or did not meet the reliability standards (incorrect answers to control questions, completed the survey in too short a time, etc.) were rejected by the researchers. The present study findings will be used in the future to carry out a survey questionnaire that involves a larger sample, preferably involving representatives of other populations in Poland and abroad. The demographic profiles of the respondents for these three periods is presented in Table 1.