Cases RM
Cases RM
Cases RM
ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN
CONDUCTING FOCUS GROUP
Voluntary of
every
participants
Communicate
the purpose of
the study and
expectation of
focus group
Do not pressure
them to speak
Treat participants
with respect
Avoid influencing
response by
leading
questions
ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
Present
findings&
interpretations
honestly and
objectively
Avoid untrue,
deceptive or
undocumented
statements
Be prepared to
document data
sources used in
research.
Phone call
Call as many respondents as before the mail out to confirm contact details and
encourage participation. The phone call has to be done in order to gain the respondent
participation and to get their cooperation during the follow up study. Explain to the
respondent about the objective and the importance of this research towards financial
services industry.
Follow up questionnaires
Provide second copy of questionnaire where necessary. Some of the respondent may lost
or misplaced the questionnaire.
Follow-up contact
Ask follow-up questions to get more depth and understanding about an
idea, a concept or an issue suggested by the interviewees. After an interview
finish, carefully examine the transcript, figure out where else could be
followed up. Pose these questions in subsequent interviews.
Assurance of confidentiality
Maintain respondents confidentiality. It is important in gaining trust of
respondent. Maintaining the relationship with respondent is a particular
challenge as the study is being conducted over a long period of time as the
data is collected from the respondent through mail, interview and phone call.
QUESTION 6: EVALUATE THE DATA DISPLAYS IN EXHIBIT CCATALYST 11 AND C-CATALYST 12 AS PART OF A RESEARCH
REPORT. WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS, IF ANY, WOULD YOU MAKE?
Exhibit C-Catalyst 11
The data displays in exhibit C-Catalyst 1-1 is about the barriers to advancement
of women at current firm, by gender.
The data discussed on the lack of mentoring opportunities, commitment to
personal and family responsibilities, exclusion from informal networks of
communication, lack of women role models, exclusion from informal networks of
communication for womens advancement, stereotyping and preconceptions of
womens roles and abilities, lack of opportunities to take on visible and /or
challenging assignments and lack of significant general management or line
experience.
There is difference of perception between men and women which shows a lot of
comparison.
Most of the women think that lack of mentoring opportunities is the major barrier
to advancement of women at current firm.
While men think that commitment to personal and family responsibilities is the
major barrier.
disagree/disagree
and
Percent
strongly
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