Dissertation Survey

     

                                                                      Informed Consent Survey Statement

      

This study is being done by Susan Palmer who is a student in the Graduate School of Business and Management at Argosy University working on a dissertation. This study is a requirement to fulfill the researcher’s degree and will not be used for decision- making by any organization.

The title of this study is: Workplace Factors that Millennial Employees Perceive as Satisfactory, Dissatisfactory, and Important to Job Retention. The purpose of this study is to identify workplace factors that Millennials perceive as important to job satisfaction and retention.  Research findings will provide information to understand and reduce unwanted attrition. 

Please understand the following:

·       I was asked to be in this study because I am an employee of a participating company.

·       A total of 4,353 people have been asked to participate in this study. 

·       If I agree to be in this study, I will be asked to answer survey questions.

·       This survey questionnaire will take less than ten minutes to complete.

·       The risks associated with this study are minimal, if any.

·       The benefit of participating will allow me a voice in stating my desires, concerns, and opinions.

·       I will receive no compensation, monetary or otherwise, for participating.

·       The information I provide will be treated confidentially, which means that nobody will be able to tell who I am.

·       The records of this study will be kept private. No words linking me to the study will be included in any sort of report that                  might be published.

·       The records will be stored securely and only the Principal Researcher, Susan Palmer, and a third party statistician will                   have access to the records.

·       I have the right to get a summary of the results of this study if I would like to have them.   I can get the summary by                       contacting the Principal Researcher, Susan Palmer at susanplmr5@gmail.com.

·       I understand that my participation is strictly voluntary. If I do not participate, it will not harm my relationship with Argosy                 University or my employer. If I decide to participate, I can refuse to answer any of the questions that may make me                       uncomfortable. I can quit at any time without my relations with the university, job, benefits, etc., being affected. 

·       I can contact the researcher Susan Palmer at susanplmr5@gmail.com or the dissertation chair Amy Puderbaugh at                       apuderbaugh@argosy.edu with any questions about this study.

        I understand that this study has been reviewed and Certified by the Institutional Review Board, Argosy University. For                   problems or questions regarding participants' rights, I can contact the Institutional Review Board Chair, Dr. Nancy Hoover,             at nhoover@argosy.edu.
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