Research Proposal: Gender Equality, Discrimination, and Leadership

This research proposal investigates gender equality and discrimination in the workplace, focusing on how leaders and managers can effectively address and eliminate gender-based discrimination. The study, using Sainsbury's as a case study, aims to determine methods for organizations to eliminate gender discrimination. It explores the effects of equality and diversity, the impact of gender discrimination, and different strategies businesses employ to combat it. The proposal outlines both quantitative and qualitative methodologies, involving a survey of 50 respondents. It details ethical considerations, including ensuring participant confidentiality and informed consent. The research also addresses potential challenges and limitations, such as time constraints and resource availability. The study will use the Harvard referencing method. The proposal also includes a questionnaire that will be used to gather data on participant awareness and experiences related to gender equality in the workplace. This proposal provides a comprehensive plan for a study aimed at understanding and addressing gender inequality in the workplace.

Research proposal template
1. Full Title of Research Project
How can leaders and managers effectively bring gender equality in the workplace and how
can various discrimination in gender be eliminated from a workplace?
2. Aims and Research question (outline the aim of the study and the research question under
investigation. If appropriate, outline the study hypotheses.)
Aim –
“To determine how can organisation eliminate gender discrimination at the workplace”.
A study on Sainsbury.
Questions
 What are the effects of equality and diversity in the workplace?
 How does gender discrimination affects workplace?
 What are different methods which business uses to deal with discrimination and
gender?
3. ‘Plain language’ Summary
This research project is based on Gender equality and diversity in working environment. The report
will consider information about the ways, strategies and methods of creating equality and removing
diversification. Along with this several challenges are also defined that are faced by organisation
cause of diversity.
4. Objectives
Objectives
 To investigate the impact of equality and diversity in the workplace.
 To explore effect of discrimination in gender at work place.
 To research different ways in which business deal with discrimination and gender.
5. Justification of the research
(Explain the rationale for carrying out this project. Please include any initial literature review to
support the research.)
The main reason of carrying out this research is to identify that how can leaders and managers
effectively bring gender equality in the workplace and how can different discrimination in gender be
eliminated from a working environment. In context of this research the researcher can consider such
question like effects of equality and diversity in the workshop, effect of discrimination and different
ways in which business deal with discrimination and gender.

6. Please indicate the methodological design(s) and other features of your study
Introduction to methodology and approach adopted
Research methodologies and approaches refer to those tools and methods that are used by an
investigator in term of performing a research project in more effective and efficient manner.
Quantitative methods – It emphasize objective measurements and the statistical, mathematical and
numerical analysis of data collected through polls, questionnaires and surveys or by manipulating
pre-existing numerical information utilizing computational tools.
Qualitative methods – It mention to those methods and tools of research that are used to collect and
gather theoretical information by with the help of observations, interviews, textual and visual
analysis.
7. Participants
There is a total of 50 respondents taken for the following report who all are working for Sainsbury. The
sample population which is selected for the following report I done on the basis of a random sampling
method which is the method under probabilistic method
8. Materials/apparatus/equipment
1. Are you aware about the gender equality?
Yes
No
2. Do you use equality rights at workplace?
Yes
No
3. Do you agree that people need to be aware about their rights?
Yes
No
May be
4. Are you being discriminated by your employer?
Yes
No
No experience
5. Are you in favour of gender equality?
Yes
No
6. Do you think that leadership and management can minimise the discrimination situation at
workplace?
Yes
No
7. Does Sainsbury’s help employees in gender discrimination?
Yes
No
8. Does leader use appropriate leadership style in situation of gender discrimination?
May be
May be not
9. Does your employer treat you equal at workplace?
Yes
No
10. Do you agree that gender equality should use at every field of organisation?

Yes
N0
9. Ethical implications
Identify any ethical considerations relate to the study
 When you begin the research / dissertation process in your final year, you will need to
make full ethical application to collect data and conduct your research.
 However, on this form you should show consideration of ethical implications such as, but
not limited to, the following:
o Ensuring participants are not mislead – By informing them of the purpose of the
study in advance via a participant information sheet.
o Protecting participants from vulnerability and any physical or mental harm - By
not asking any questions of an overly personal or sensitive nature, and allowing
participants to decline answering any questions they wish not to answer
o Ensuring privacy/confidentiality/anonymity – By not revealing participants’
identity when referred to in transcripts and/or writing up of the research. It is
recommended that pseudonyms are used, with the profile of organisations and
individuals described without explicitly revealing the identity.
o Appropriate data management - By keeping all data derived from participants
securely stored on password protected devices that only the researcher and
research supervisor have access to, and adhering to other aspects of the data
protection act (1998) and GDPR.
o Reducing ethical issues surrounding reciprocity – By not offering any incentives to
participants to take part in the study or suggesting any direct benefits participants
may be gained from taking part in the study.
10. Timescales

11. Challenges and Limitations
There are several kind of issues and limitations that are faced by researcher regarding time, fund and
lack of research tools and resources that create limitation in term of performing investigation project
in better form.
12. References
Cite references using Harvard Method
Moore, J., 2020. Female tax practitioners say more needs to be done on gender equality. International
Tax Review.
Ma, X. and Luc, J.G., 2020. Improving gender equality in the surgical workplace. JAMA surgery.
Goetz, A.M., 2020. The politics of preserving gender inequality: de-institutionalisation and re-
privatisation. Oxford Development Studies, 48(1), pp.2-17.
13. Proposed Questionnaire ( Does not count in word count)
1. Are you aware about the gender equality?
Yes
No
2. Do you use equality rights at workplace?
Yes
No
3. Do you agree that people need to be aware about their rights?
Yes
No
May be

4. Are you being discriminated by your employer?
Yes
No
No experience
5. Are you in favour of gender equality?
Yes
No
6. Do you think that leadership and management can minimise the discrimination situation at
workplace?
Yes
No
7. Does Sainsbury’s help employees in gender discrimination?
Yes
No
8. Does leader use appropriate leadership style in situation of gender discrimination?
May be
May be not
9. Does your employer treat you equal at workplace?
Yes
No
10. Do you agree that gender equality should use at every field of organisation?
Yes
N0