Similar consent difficulties arise in SE field research. As with the students, an employee's decision to participate could be unduly influenced by the perception of possible benefits or reprisals ensuing from the decision. For employees, the benefits or reprisals would be thought to come from management, who approved the study, rather than from the researchers. Additionally, researchers must guard against management coercing the employees into participation. Not only is such coercion unethical, it is also dangerous from a pragmatic perspective, in that coerced subjects
may be uncooperative and/or provide invalid data [21]. To guard against such coercion, the researcher should emphasize to management the importance of voluntariness. The researcher should then reiterate this when meeting with the
subjects themselves and assure them that they will not be reported if they decide not to participate. As with the students, protecting the anonymity of the participating employees will mitigate the undue influence on the consent process.
Similar consent difficulties arise in SE field research. As with the students, an employee's decision to participate could be unduly influenced by the perception of possible benefits or reprisals ensuing from the decision. For employees, the benefits or reprisals would be thought to come from management, who approved the study, rather than from the researchers. Additionally, researchers must guard against management coercing the employees into participation. Not only is such coercion unethical, it is also dangerous from a pragmatic perspective, in that coerced subjectsmay be uncooperative and/or provide invalid data [21]. To guard against such coercion, the researcher should emphasize to management the importance of voluntariness. The researcher should then reiterate this when meeting with thesubjects themselves and assure them that they will not be reported if they decide not to participate. As with the students, protecting the anonymity of the participating employees will mitigate the undue influence on the consent process.
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