A constructive Approach to Managing Faculty Conflict: An Action Research Study

INFORMED CONSENT FORM-CONFLICT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES WORKSHOP

Consent to Participate in a Research Study
KEY INFORMATION FOR CONFLICT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES WORKSHOPS
We are asking you to choose whether or not to volunteer to participate in two conflict management strategies workshops. We are asking you because you are a key informant who may hold a wealth of knowledge in regards to conflict within academic departments on the campus of Morehead State University. If you choose to participate in these workshops, your participation will provide the information needed to test the effectiveness of an intervention to the problem which is conflict. This page is to give you key information to help you decide whether to participate. We have included detailed information after this page. Ask the researcher questions. If you have questions later, the contact information for the research investigator in charge of this study is below.


WHAT ARE THE WORKSHOPS ABOUT AND HOW LONG WILL IT LAST?

Through a series of group discussions and activities, the conflict management strategies workshops are about equipping faculty and administrators with the tools needed to manage situations of conflict in the workplace. Your participation in this portion of the research study will last 75 minutes for workshop one and 45 minutes for workshop two.

WHAT ARE KEY REASONS YOU MIGHT CHOOSE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THESE WORKSHOPS?

The most important reason you might want to participate in the workshops is to improve upon the way in which conflicts are handled within the departments between faculty to faculty and between faculty and administrators.

WHAT ARE KEY REASONS YOU MIGHT CHOOSE NOT TO VOLUNTEER FOR THESE WORKSHOPS?
You may not want to participate in the workshops if you do not feel comfortable with discussing the subject matter of conflict in the workplace and/or you do not want to be audio/video recorded. All audio/video recordings will be deleted once they are no longer needed for the research study. Under Detailed Consent, further information regarding privacy protection and confidentiality in the study is outlined.