Exploration of Employee Recruitment and Retention in Marble and Granite Processing: A case study of Portuguese Companies - Research Methodology and Ethical Considerations

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Table of Contents
1. AIM OF THE RESEARCH.........................................................................................................3
2. OBJECTIVES OF THE RESEARCH.........................................................................................3
3. METHODOLOGY......................................................................................................................3
4. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS.................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
APPENDIX......................................................................................................................................7
Research Ethics Checklist – Undergraduate Students.....................................................................7

1. AIM OF THE RESEARCH
Exploration of Employee Recruitment and Retention in Marble and Granite Processing: A
case study of Portuguese Companies
2. OBJECTIVES OF THE RESEARCH
 Identify the type of employee recruitment and retention used in the marble and granite
process.
 To analyse the data from recruitment and retention used in the marble and granite process
in Arougranitos.
 To identify how employee motivational techniques can positively support recruitment
and retention in the marble and granite process business.
Questions of the research
 What type of employee recruitment and retention are used in the marble and granite
process?
 How is the recruitment and retention measured in the marble and granite process, and
what does it show in the current data: Arougranitos Portuguese business?
 What type of techniques can support the process of recruitment and retention in the
marble and granite process business?
3. METHODOLOGY
Under this section of this report Saunders research onion framework will be used so that
to manage process of data collection in such a manner that relevancy and accuracy can be
maintained. There are certain layers within this framework and these are related with evaluating
and assembling of data.
Research Philosophy: This is the top most layers which is associated with analysing of
information. This provides principles and beliefs related with research so that systematic analysis
can be made (Mukherjee, 2019). There are two types of research philosophy such as positivism
and interpretivism. For the current research the researcher has used both the research
philosophies such as interpretivisma and positivism. The benefit of choosing both research
philosophy is that relevant information can be collected.