| Download | - View accepted manuscript: Consent issues raised by observational research in organisations (PDF, 499 KiB)
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| Author | Search for: Vinson, Norman1; Search for: Singer, Janice1 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Information Technology
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Subject | human subjects research ethics; employees; workplace; observation; participant-observer |
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| Abstract | (Fictional Case) Dr. Themis and her team of university researchers are building tools to increase the productivity of software engineers. Their research is performed in collaboration with a company that may use the tools once they are developed. The first phase of the project is to conduct a requirements analysis. In service of this analysis, Dr. Themis and her university team observe some of the company's software engineers as they perform their work. Essentially, the researchers shadow the engineers for several days, noting the activities in which the engineers engage and the amount of time spent on each activity. Because the engineers work in cubicles, these observations take place in full view of the staff. |
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| Publication date | 2004 |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| NRC number | NRCC 46561 |
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| NPARC number | 9062139 |
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| Export citation | Export as RIS |
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| Report a correction | Report a correction (opens in a new tab) |
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| Record identifier | 86070eae-2834-4b31-83cb-036599dc71ba |
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| Record created | 2009-05-08 |
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| Record modified | 2020-04-17 |
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