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RESEARCH
DEFINING ETHICS
Transparency;
Purpose should be clearly defined;
Participants should not be exposed to any kind of potential hazards;
Confidentiality of participants identities is an essential consideration;
Proper dissemination of findings: accountability, authenticity, accuracy;
Safekeeping of data (prescriptive period of 5 years).
ETHICAL STANDARDS IN RESEARCH
Things to avoid:
of data- fraudulent practices like falsification, alteration,
misrepresentation , concealing of findings
- biased or subjective language
- labeling people / singling out a group
- assuming authorship of anothers work (plagiarism)
When there is not a community, trust,
respect, ethical behavior are difficult for
the young to learn and for the old to
maintain.
- Robert K. Greenleaf
IDENTIFYING RESEARCH
FOCUS
Clarify or narrow down the identified topic area;
Potentially easier to measure and address;
Define the main idea;
Identify the area (specific problems) affected by the
problem focus
RESEARCH TOPIC GUIDELINES
Why is it relevant?
To whom is it relevant?
SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS
Scope all the things relevant in order to provide solutions to the issues;
Limitations matter and occurrences beyond researchers control;
Delimitations characteristics that arise from the exclusion and inclusion
decisions made during research planning ;
EXERCISE:
Given the following research, identify the:
a. Variables
b. Locus
c. Argument
d. Research design
1. Antecedents of Service Employees Organizational Citizenship
Behaviors in Full Service Restaurants in Korea
2. Push and pull factors affecting shadow education participation of
Basic Education students in the Philippines
3. Impact of education and skill mismatch in the work productivity of
employees in the BPO service industry
4. The Influence of Successor-Related Factors on the Succession
Process in small and Medium-Sized Family Business
5. Directive Versus participative Leadership: Two complementary
Approaches to managing school Effectiveness