Soft Skills for Success in the Workplace
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Welcome to My Survey
Aloha! My name is Michael Cheang and you are invited to take part in a research study. I am an Associate Professor at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences.
If you participate in this project, you will be asked to fill out an online survey. Your participation in this project is completely voluntary. You may stop participating at any time. If you stop being in the study, there will be no penalty or loss to you.
The purpose of my project is to compare what soft skills (social-emotional skills like being able to work with others in a team) employers expect recent university graduates to have at the time of applying for jobs, and what recent university graduates perceive as being ready for the workplace. The survey consists of 27 questions. It will take 20 minutes.
I believe there is little risk to you for participating in this research project. You may become stressed or uncomfortable answering any of the survey questions. If you do become stressed or uncomfortable, you can skip the question or take a break. You can also stop taking the survey or you can withdraw from the project altogether.
There will be no direct benefit to you for participating in this survey. The results of this project may help us improve our Soft Skills Success in the Workplace course curriculum to benefit future students and employers.
I will not ask you for any personal information, such as your name or address. Please do not include any personal information in your survey responses. I will keep all study data secure in a locked filing cabinet in a locked office/encrypted on a password protected computer.
Other agencies that have legal permission have the right to review research records. The University of Hawai'i Human Studies Program has the right to review research records for this study.
There is no compensation for your time and effort in participating in this research project.
Even after removing identifiers, the data from this study collected for this study will not be used or distributed for future research studies.
Questions: If you have any questions about this study, please call or email me at 808-956-2252 or cheang@hawaii.edu. You may contact the UH Human Studies Program at 808.956.5007 or uhirb@hawaii.edu to discuss problems, concerns and questions, obtain information, or offer input with an informed individual who is unaffiliated with the specific research protocol. Please visit http://go.hawaii.edu/jRd for more information on your rights as a research participant.
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Mahalo!