Ethics Application Form for Undergraduate Students

ETHICS
APPLICATION FORM
Undergraduate Students
(QA Higher Education Sept 2019 update
25.09.19)
The completion of this form should not be seen
as an end in itself but as a vehicle to ensure that
you have gone through a process of considering
the ethical implications of your research in detail
and that you are able to communicate this
clearly.
SECTION 1: PERSONAL DETAILS
& DECLARATION
Please complete the header with your name
and Department
Name:
Student number:
UR email address:
Programme of Study:
Supervisor:
STUDENT’S SIGNATURE
I confirm that this submission accords
with the University Code of Conduct and
that all information supplied on this form
is correct
Student’s Signature:
Please use an electronic signature or type your name
Date:
SECTION 2: SUPERVISOR’S
APPROVAL
Dissertation supervisors, please:
 scrutinise the Ethics Application and
all participant-facing documentation
 suggest and check any changes
which need making before your final
approval
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Please tick the box to confirm that you
have approved the application as ethically
sound,
and the participant-facing documentation
as appropriate
SUPERVISOR’S SIGNATURE
Signature:
Please use an electronic signature or type your name
Print name:
Date:
SECTION 3: PROJECT DETAILS
Title of project:
To assess an impact of employee turnover on the performance of
organization with respect to retail segment companies: A study on
Morrison’s
(should be the same as on participant-facing documentation)
Proposed start date:
20th July 2020
Duration:
20th August 2020
Purpose of the proposed investigation (max
500 words):
This section should include the material which
outlines the rationale for the project, i.e. why this
study needs to be done. This should be done in a
way that is both accessible and scholarly, i.e. have
proper cited sources.
Aim
To investigate an influence of employee turnover
on the performance of company in context of
retail sector: case study on Morrison’s
Objectives
To understand the concept of employee turnover
To determine factors that induces the staff to
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leave the job
To analyse an effect of employee turnover on the
performance of corporation
To recommend appropriate measures for
managing turnover of employees at workplace
Rationale
The main reason behind conducting this report is
to identify major causes of employee turnover in
retail sector firms. It is very crucial to prepare
the report on this particular topic as currently it is
major problem that is been faced by all types of
retail companies. This study will help the firms
in gaining deeper insights relating to the factors
or components that poses a great impact on the
workforce in leaving their jobs. This report is
being formulated for understanding the elements
that induces the staff to left their work and in
knowing the measures or corrective action could
be taken for managing employee turnover.
Moreover, this research is being conducted for
analysing the manner or extent to which turnover
of employees might result to a negative effect of
the company’s productivity, sales and
profitability.
Outline of the project:
This section should include the details of the research
methods i.e. what will be done and how. Please start
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by giving a brief summary (one paragraph) including
how many participants there are likely to be, where
the research will take place and an indication of how
long participation will take for each section
(interviews, questionnaires etc.) and in total.
In this study, scholar will make use of qualitative
method which helps in making a detailed
analysis of the qualitative characteristics such as
emotions, feeling and belief associated with the
effect of staff turnover on firm’s performance.
An investigator will be using primary as well as
secondary sources for collecting the data which
helps in making the study more as valid and
reliable. The common sources which would be
utilised by researcher in order to obtain data for
the report includes structuring questionnaire,
conducting survey, reviewing books, articles,
journal and internet. These sources help in
gathering relevant information and reduces the
chances of inaccuracy or misleading data.
Referring to this report, researcher will be using
simple random sampling where all the member
in population has equal chance of getting
selected. Under this the sample is been collected
randomly so that chances of error and biasness is
reduced to larger extent. This tool is the type of
probabilistic sampling where the scholar takes a
sample from large population based on the
subjective judgement. The sample of 30
managers will be chosen as the respondent for
assessing the data and generating adequate
conclusions.
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