Chapter: Gaining access in research & Research Ethics
- Gaining access refers to
“the process of entering into organizations in order to convince people that the researcher has decided on who should be the informants that would provide information in conducting research”
- Issue associated with access
Physical access - It refer to the ability to select a representative sample of organizational participants in order to answer research question and meet objectives in an unbiased way and to produce reliable and valid data.
- Why gaining access is difficult ?
1. Uninterested of informants
2. Uninterested of gate keeper or broker who controls research access and make the final decision whether to allow or not to allow .
A lack of perceived value in relations to organization
Concerns about confidentiality of information
Perception towards researcher credibility and skills
-Method of accessing to firm for data collection
- formal access (see detail)
- Research ethic - “ appropriateness of researchers behavior in relation to the rights of those who become subject of your work “ ( Suanders, 2009)
- Code of ethics refers to
“ Statement of principles and procedures for the conduct of research highlighting what is and what is not considered ethical.”
- General code of ethic - Respect and protection
Transparency (Openness) ( See detail)
- Plagiarisms- “The presentation of the work of another person as your own or without proper acknowledgement