Secondary Data collection Only

Secondary Data collection Only
University of West London Research Ethics
You are required to complete an ethics application
BEFORE you embark on the data collection exercise of
the research project
Please complete all the following sections:
- Section A: Ethics Form
- Section B: Data management and storage form

RESEARCH ETHICS AND INTEGRITY
RISK ASSESSMENT FORM
Section A: FORM A
For all Undergraduate/Postgraduate Dissertations and Research
Projects
Please fill in this form, then SAVE IT AS A PDF and submit as instructed by your
supervisor with your project proposal

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PROJECT DESCRIPTON
Please answer the following questions:
1. Do you intend to involve human participants in the conduct of your research?
If no, please skip questions 2 & 3.
☐ Yes No☐ x
2. Does your research involve vulnerable adults or under-18s?
☐ Yes No☐
3. Could your research potentially expose you, anyone assisting you, or
participants to emotional harm?
☐ Yes No☐
4. Will your research involve travelling to geo-politically unstable
regions/countries (e.g. areas affected by war, civil unrest, natural disasters, or
listed as unadvisable to travel by the UK government?
☐ Yes No☐ x
5. Will your research involve access to security-sensitive material? If yes, you
must include a data management statement.
☐ Yes No☐ x
This proposal must be completed with the assistance of your supervisor.
You can change the size of the boxes (below) by typing or deleting as
necessary.
It is very important to convey with clarity:
• Your research questions/the problem/the theme or topic you are
investigating (what you are proposing to do and to find out or to
create)
• The methodology or technical approach (for projects comprising
in whole or in part the creation of an artefact) you will adopt –
methods, number of participants, who the participants (if any) will
be, survey instruments used technology and equipment employed
etc.; and what questions you are planning to ask your
respondents (if applicable); how you will deal with technical
challenges.

WHERE APPROPRIATE TO YOUR CHOSEN
TOPIC/RESEARCH:
YES NO N/A
1 Will you describe in writing the main procedures to participants in advance,
so that they are informed about what to expect? A copy of this must be
attached to this application
x
2 Will you tell participants that their participation is voluntary? x
3 Will you obtain written consent for participation and include within this that
they have a right to withdraw at any point? A copy of this must be attached
to this application
x
4 If the research is observational, will you ask participants for their consent to
being observed?
x
5 With questionnaires, will you give participants the option of omitting
questions they do not want to answer?
x
6 Will you tell participants that their data will be treated with full confidentiality
and that, if published, it will not be identifiable as theirs? This should be
evidenced in the consent form and with a signed copy of UWL’s data
management form, attached to this application.
x
7 Will you debrief participants at the end of their participation (i.e. give them a brief
explanation of the study)? A copy of this must be attached to this application
x
If you h a ve ticke d No to a n y of Q1 - 7 , b u t ha v e t i cked b o x A overle a f, p lease gi ve a n e x p la n a t ion
on a sepa r a te sheet.
[Note: N/A = not applicable]
YES NO N/A
8 Will your project involve deliberately misleading participants in any way? x
Title of project : The impact of human resources management practices on employees engagement and
retention
Name of researcher(s) : Draniceru Elena Bianca i
Name of supervisor : Mark Cannon _Date:15.04.2021