BTEC HND Research Project: Line Managers and Employee Development

This document contains a research ethics approval form for a student project titled "An investigation into the role played by line managers and leader in development and well-being of employees within service industry”. The project focuses on a case study at Travelodge Hotels Limited. The form details the research methods, participant recruitment, consent procedures, data storage, and ethical considerations, including GDPR compliance. The student plans to use interviews, questionnaires, and observations. The form also addresses informed consent, potential risks, confidentiality, and data security. The student confirms they understand the ethical policy and have discussed the issues with their tutor. The assignment is a part of a BTEC Higher National Diploma in Hospitality Management, Unit 18: Research Project, and requires ethical approval before the project commences. The document also includes a front sheet with details of the college, student, and submission deadlines.

Research Ethics approval form
Before completing this form, we advise that you discuss your proposed
research fully with your unit tutor. Please complete this form in good
time before your research project is due to commence. This is also
important to comply with GDPR 2018.
Section 1: Basic details:
Project title: An investigation into the role played by line mangers and leader in
development and well-being of employees within service industry”. A study on Travelodge
Hotels Limited.
Student name:
Tutor:
College Name:
Intended research start date: 01/02/2020
Intended research end date: 30/06/2020
Section 2 Project summary
Please select all research methods that you plan to use as a part of your
project:
 Interviews Yes No
 Questionnaires Yes No
 Observations Yes No
 Use of personal records Yes No
 Data Analysis Yes No
 Action Research Yes No
 Focus Groups Yes No
 Others (Please specify) :
Section 3: Participants
Please answer the following questions, giving full details where
necessary.
Will your research involve participants?
Yes
Who are the participants? Tick all that apply:

Ages 12-16: Young people aged: 17-18 Adults: 18+
How will participants be recruited (Identified and approached)?
By using simple random sampling method as a strategy of
probability sampling, 50 employers of Travelodge Hotel will be
recruited.
Describe the processes you will use to inform participants about what
you are doing:
In order to informal data about the research aim, objectives and
findings, to the research participants, e-mail, oral and written
communication has been used by researcher.
How will you obtain consent from participants? Will this be written? How
will it be made clear to participants that they may withdraw consent to
participate at any time?
Informed consent is more than a shape, it's also a system.
Information should be provided to allow men and women to
voluntarily decide whether or not to participate as a studies
challenge. Informed consent process must be a talk of the
examinee’s motive, length, experimental processes, options,
dangers, and benefits.
Studies involving observation: Confirm whether participants will be
asked for their informed consent to be observed.
Yes No
Will participants be given information about the findings of your study?
(This could be a brief summary of your findings in general)
Yes No
Section 4: Data Storage and Security
Confirm that all personal data will be stored and processed in compliance
with the Data Protection Act (GDPR 2018)
Yes No
Who will have access to the data and personal information?

Researcher
During the research:
Researcher
Where will the data be stored?
Mobile devices such as USB storage and laptops will be used for
storing data.
Will mobile devices such as USB storage and laptops be used
Yes No
Section 5 : Ethical Issues
Are there any particular features of your proposed work, which may raise
ethical concerns? If so, please outline how you will deal with these:
It is important that you demonstrate your awareness of potential risks
that may arise because of your research. Please consider/address all
issues that may apply. Ethical concerns may include, but are not limited
to the following :
 Informed consent.
 Potentially vulnerable participants.
 Sensitive topics
 Risk to participants and /or researchers
 Confidentiality/anonymity
 Disclosures/ limits to confidentiality
 Data storage and security, both during and after the research
(including transfer, sharing, encryption, protection).
 Reporting
 Dissemination and use of your findings.
Section 6: Declaration
I have understand Research and Ethics Policy: Yes No
I have discussed the ethical issues relating to my research with my
Unit Tutor:
Yes No