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Pros And Cons Of Participant Observation In Research

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Beginning with primary data collection, participant observation will be applied to my research. In this research, researchers are to get fully involved with the live and activities of subjects and hence to be part of the group. Participant as observer will be used to monitor employee who work onsite and how HRM manage people who are offsite and onsite at the same time. Participant reveal purpose as researcher, both subject and observer realise this is a fieldwork relationship, observer hope to gain trust of the group. (Saunders, Mark, 1959- (2009). After the trust is gained, employee would reveal what they honestly think about offsite work policy, which they would normally not tell their managers, and what they think is the most suitable for the HRM to do to solve the problem in their perspective, as they are the ones who are experiencing it. And by working together with them, observer get to see the difficulties of not having the whole team onsite and experience the challenges it comes with, therefore, they could see more of the problem in employee perspective and could be easier for them to improve the problem. The pros of participant observation are that it can help with clear explanation of what is happening within the particular social situation; increase awareness of researcher about the social progress; and allow researchers to feel the ’real’ emotions to be on the research subject situation. On the other hand, cons could be time consuming; there can be ethical

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