Impact of leadership styles on employees behaviour

All research proposals for Excelsia College staff and students must be approved by the Excelsia College Research
Ethics Committee prior to commencement.
❖ If you are uncertain about how to answer any of the questions please seek advice from your Department Head or
the Chair of the Research Ethics Committee.
❖ Protocols that do not provide sufficient information to enable an adequate assessment will be returned for revision.
SECTION 1: Coversheet
Researcher's name
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Researcher's School
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Email
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Title of research project Impact of leadership styles on employees behaviour.
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SECTION 2: Checklist
Please circle your response to each of the following questions:
Does the research involve participation of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people who
have been selected as research participants because they are indigenous Australians?
YES / NO
Does the research involve any artifacts that are of cultural, spiritual or religious
significance to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people? YES / NO
Does the research involve an unusually dependent relationship between the researcher
and any of the research participants? NO
Could the research place research participants in an unusually vulnerable situation? YES
/ NO
Is there any potential risk (physical, emotional, social or legal) to individual participants'
well being, beyond that normally encountered in everyday life, as a result of their YES
/ NO
involvement in the research?
Does the research involve the administration or application of drugs and/or Clinical Trial
Notification Scheme (CTN) documentation? YES
/ NO
Is there any reasonable likelihood that the research will result in the reporting of
suspected child abuse? YES / NO
Is there any potential risk to the researcher's safety, beyond that normally encountered in
everyday life, as a result of their involvement in the research? YES / NO
Do you plan to vary the usual written consent processes? YES
/ NO
Is the study known to involve research into illegal activities? YES
/ NO
Does the study have potential legal implications for the researcher or the Institute? YES
/ NO
Have you applied for funding for this research (other than Divisional funds)? YES
/ NO
If YES, please give the name of granting body applied to and the type of grant sought.
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Please answer the remaining questions
What research methodologies will you use (tick those applicable)
Anonymous questionnaires √ Questionnaires requesting intimate personal,
identifying, or sensitive information
Internet questionnaires
Other questionnaires
Face to face interviews which do not request
personal or sensitive information
Face to face interviews which request personal
or sensitive information
Observation of participant's usual activities Focus groups
Observation of an activity set up for the
purposes of the study
Action Research
Access to medical records (or records which
contain intimate personal information, and
Experiment or testing of a procedure, drug or
equipment
are individually identifiable and are not publicly
available)
Other (please specify)
Please tick the group/s from which your sample of participants will be drawn for this study
General public Children or young people under the age of 18
Friends or family Patients of a hospital or clinic where you need
approval to do the research
Work colleagues √ Prisoners or people in the care of correctional
services
People with whom you have an ongoing
professional relationship (e.g. students or
clients)
Members of the armed forces
Other (please specify) Employees of targeted
organisations
In which country is data collection to take place? __________Australia________________
List the organisations where the research will Azure Entertainment
be undertaken. (Please note that written
approval from all organisations must be
obtained before the research can commence).
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Will the research involve access to individuals, clients or records required from any organisation? YES / NO
If YES, has approval been received from these organisations? YES / NO
Will you access individually identifiable information about participants from any
government department? YES / NO
or
from another organisation (for example a state based register, education department,
hospital, health department, correctional services)? YES / NO
If YES, list the government department(s) and/or organization(s)
Have you received approval to access this information from the government
department(s)/organization(s) listed above? YES / NO
Are the following appendices attached?
● Appendix 1 Reference list Y
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Asrar-ul-Haq, M. and Kuchinke, K.P., 2016. Impact of
leadership styles on employees’ attitude towards their leader and
performance: Empirical evidence from Pakistani banks. Future
Business Journal. 2(1). pp.54-64.
Fiaz, M., Su, Q. and Saqib, A., 2017. Leadership styles and
employees' motivation: Perspective from an emerging
economy. The Journal of Developing Areas. 51(4). pp.143-156.
Abdelhafiz, I.M., Alloubani, A.M.D. and Almatari, M., 2016.
Impact of leadership styles adopted by head nurses on job
satisfaction: a comparative study between governmental and
private hospitals in Jordan. Journal of nursing
management. 24(3). pp.384-392.
Al Khajeh, E.H., 2018. Impact of leadership styles on
organizational performance. Journal of Human Resources
Management Research, 2018, pp.1-10.
● Appendix 2 Research tools Y
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