Understanding the Research Process

Running head: UNDERSTANDING THE RESEARCH PROCESS
UNDERSTANDING THE RESEARCH PROCESS
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1. Review of the published paper
The paper chosen for the study is titled “Maintaining Health and Safety at Workplace:
Employee and Employer’s Role in Ensuring a Safe Working Environment”.
2. Initial literature review
The purpose of literature review is to search and assess the already existing literature that is
related to the subject or the area that is chosen for the research. It aims to survey the literature
and helps to synthesize the information (Hart 2018). It also helps to critically analyse the
information that is collected by identifying the gaps that is present in the prevailing
knowledge regarding the research topic. In terms of research proposal, the review of literature
is required in order to place each work in a field that is related to its contribution in the
understanding of the research problem that is being researched. It is essential to find out the
location of one’s research within the context of the already existing literature (Aveyard2014).
Through the literature review different types of models of safety was identified like the
“careless worker” model. This model fails to explain the cause of occupational illness that
can be toxic substances and badly designed work systems. Another model of “‘shared
responsibility” illustrates that in order to reduce the levels of accidents and diseases that are
occupational, the major focus should be on the operation of the employees and the employer
both. The disciplinary frameworks were also identified through the use of literature survey
that are essential for the development of concepts and insights of theory into the Occupational
Health and Safety. The findings were made for effective were by the results of workplace
surveys which was a result of the industrial relations specialists that successfully drew
attention towards the importance of legislation strategies. Through a study on employee
welfare facilities that was undertaken at Bosch limited, which involved 100 employees, it was

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observed that 65% of the respondents showed that they were provided withsafety instruments
in the organizational setting, whereas in 35% of them it was seen that there was no provision
of safety equipment by the organization. The researcher was able to conclude that because of
theelevated percentage of individual reported that the company was successful in providing
safety equipment in the workplace, the company then successfully provided safety apparatus
during work, to all the employees (Jonathanand Mbogo2016).
3. Analysis of qualitative and quantitative data
Qualitative
For the research 50 public secondary schools in the district of Mbooni Sub-County was
included in the study. The Deputy Principal was selected along with the teaching staffs to
make a total sample population of 40. Both of the simple random sampling and purposive
sampling techniques were used to carry out the study.The technique of random sampling
describes a method where equal chances is provided to each and every individual of the
population that is to be included in the study. There was a random selection of the 10 public
secondary schools. Whereas purposive sampling refers to the process where the sample may
not represent the population. This method of purposive sampling was used in order to draw
participants from the administrative committee.There were a total of constituted 40 teachers,
10 administrators to make a total of 50, which was the total sample population. A
questionnaire guide was used for the study and an observation protocol was utilized to collect
data. There was a use of descriptive statistics in order to analyse the data obtained. The data
that was analysed was represented through charts and tables (Bazeley, 2013).
Quantitative