Research Approval & Ethics Form

Research Approval& Ethics Form
*Students must ensure that this form is attached with their final submission. Failure to do this will
result in your project been refused for grading.
Section 1: Basic Details
Proposed topic title: ............. Talent Management Strategies for Retaining High-performance
Employees in the Hotel Industry: A case study of Hilton Hotel
Maidstone. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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Student name: ...................................................................................
Student ID number: ...................................................................................
Programme: ...................................................................................
School: ...................................................................................
Intended research start date: ............................................. Intended research end date: .............................................
Section 1: Proposal
You must complete all parts of Section 1 & 2 and present to your lecturer for a brief discussion and
approval of your topic before embarking on writing a full proposal.
What are the research objectives?
Research project objectives (e.g. what is the question you want to answer? What do you want
to learn how to do? What do you want to find out?): Try to have at least 3 SMART objectives.
Research Objectives
 To examine the importance of talent management in hospitality sector.
 To determine the impact of talent management on employee retention.
 To identify the talent Management Strategies for Retaining High-performance
Employees in the Hotel Industry.
Explain your reasons for your choice of topic
Reasonsforchoosingtheproject(e.g.linkstoothersubjectsyouarestudying,personalinterest,fut
ureplans,whythetopicisimportant):
The given investigation has been taken into consideration on Impact of Talent Management
Strategies for Retaining High-performance Employees in the Hotel Industry. This research
conducts in to personal and professional context. In personal manner, researcher conducts

Section 2: Participants
Pleaseanswerthefollowingquestions,giving
fulldetailswherenecessary. Will your research involve human
participants?
Who are the participants? Tick all that apply:
Ages 12-
16:
YoungPeopleaged17–
18:
Adult
✓
How will participants be recruited (identified and approached)?
Through random sampling
Describe the processes you will use to inform participants about what you are doing:
Howwillyouobtainconsentfromparticipants?Willthisbewritten?
Howwillitbemadecleartoparticipants thattheymaywithdrawconsenttoparticipateatanytime?
From email, consent can be obtained and this will be in written form.
Studiesinvolvingquestionnaires:Willparticipantsbegiventheoptionofomittingquestionstheydonot
wish toanswer?
Yes
:
No
:
If No please explain why below and ensure that you cover any ethical issues arising from this
Studiesinvolvingobservation:Confirmwhetherparticipantswillbeaskedfortheirinformedconsen
ttobe observed.
Yes
:
No
:
Willyoudebriefparticipantsattheendoftheirparticipation(i.e.givethemabriefexplanationofthestud
y)?
Yes
:
No
:
Willparticipantsbegiveninformationaboutthefindingsofyourstudy?
(Thiscouldbeabriefsummaryofyour findings ingeneral)
Yes
:
No
:
research for personal interest and gaining the understandings. In professional context,
investigator conducts research for enhancing knowledge as well as skills of researcher. This
will help in future to researcher for conducting the similar research in future.
Section 3: Data Storage and Security
Confirm that all personal data will be stored and processed in compliance with the Data
Protection Act (1998) Yes: ✓
No:
Who will have access to the data and personal information?
Researcher and organisation
During the research:
Where will the data be stored?