Dissertation Survey |
You are invited to take part in a research study about the implementation of a competency model and its effects, if any, on employee engagement and turnover intent. All permanent (nonseasonal) employees are being invited to be in the study. This form is part of a process called “informed consent” to allow you to understand this study before deciding whether to take part. This study is being conducted by a researcher named Erin Vu, who is a doctoral student at Walden University.
Background Information:
The purpose of this study is to identify if the implementation of a competency model affects employee engagement or turnover intent.
Procedures:
If you agree to participate in this study, you will be asked to complete the following surveys once in the next two weeks and again in four months:
· The Turnover Intention Scale-6 (approximately three minutes);
· The Job Engagement Scale (approximately five minutes); and
· A short demographic questionnaire (approximately two minutes).
Here are some sample questions:
· To what extent is your current job satisfying your personal needs?
· At work, I focus a great deal of attention on my job
Voluntary Nature of the Study:
This study is voluntary. You are free to accept or turn down the invitation. No one at Happy Endings Hospitality will treat you differently if you decide not to be in the study. If you decide to be in the study now, you can still change your mind later. You may stop at any time.
Risks and Benefits of Being in the Study:
Being in this type of study involves some risk of the minor discomforts that can be encountered in daily life, such as concern about how your employer will use the results of the surveys you complete. Being in this study would not pose risk to your safety or wellbeing.
Identifying the effects of the competency model that has been implemented by your employer on your engagement and turnover intent will contribute to the overall research related to competency models.
Payment:
No compensation is offered or will be paid as a result of your participation in this study.
Privacy:
Reports coming out of this study will not share the identities of individual participants. Details that might identify participants, such as the location of the study, also will not be shared. The researcher will not use your personal information for any purpose outside of this research project. Data will be kept secure by storing the data gathered in a password-protected computer. Data will be kept for a period of at least 5 years, as required by the university.
Contacts and Questions:
You may ask any questions you have now. Or if you have questions later, you may contact the researcher via erin.vu@waldenu.edu, 434-944-2163. If you want to talk privately about your rights as a participant, you can call the Research Participant Advocate at my university at 612-312-1210. Walden University’s approval number for this study is 09-01-20-0752172 and it expires on August 31st, 2021.
Please print or save this consent form for your records.
Obtaining Your Consent
If you feel you understand the study well enough to make a decision about it, please indicate your consent by completing this survey.
Thank you,
Erin Vu
Background Information:
The purpose of this study is to identify if the implementation of a competency model affects employee engagement or turnover intent.
Procedures:
If you agree to participate in this study, you will be asked to complete the following surveys once in the next two weeks and again in four months:
· The Turnover Intention Scale-6 (approximately three minutes);
· The Job Engagement Scale (approximately five minutes); and
· A short demographic questionnaire (approximately two minutes).
Here are some sample questions:
· To what extent is your current job satisfying your personal needs?
· At work, I focus a great deal of attention on my job
Voluntary Nature of the Study:
This study is voluntary. You are free to accept or turn down the invitation. No one at Happy Endings Hospitality will treat you differently if you decide not to be in the study. If you decide to be in the study now, you can still change your mind later. You may stop at any time.
Risks and Benefits of Being in the Study:
Being in this type of study involves some risk of the minor discomforts that can be encountered in daily life, such as concern about how your employer will use the results of the surveys you complete. Being in this study would not pose risk to your safety or wellbeing.
Identifying the effects of the competency model that has been implemented by your employer on your engagement and turnover intent will contribute to the overall research related to competency models.
Payment:
No compensation is offered or will be paid as a result of your participation in this study.
Privacy:
Reports coming out of this study will not share the identities of individual participants. Details that might identify participants, such as the location of the study, also will not be shared. The researcher will not use your personal information for any purpose outside of this research project. Data will be kept secure by storing the data gathered in a password-protected computer. Data will be kept for a period of at least 5 years, as required by the university.
Contacts and Questions:
You may ask any questions you have now. Or if you have questions later, you may contact the researcher via erin.vu@waldenu.edu, 434-944-2163. If you want to talk privately about your rights as a participant, you can call the Research Participant Advocate at my university at 612-312-1210. Walden University’s approval number for this study is 09-01-20-0752172 and it expires on August 31st, 2021.
Please print or save this consent form for your records.
Obtaining Your Consent
If you feel you understand the study well enough to make a decision about it, please indicate your consent by completing this survey.
Thank you,
Erin Vu