Mentoring: A Qualitative Study

Criminologist James Fox of Northeastern University predicts that murders committed by teens will skyrocket as the population of kids 10 and under is higher than population of 21st century teens by 20%. (Stephens) Mentoring is the act of helping out someone that isn't as knowledgeable or experienced in different areas. The goal is to make them leaders. (Patterson)

Surveys were coded by a numbering system developed by the researcher, to protect the confidentiality of the participants. For student records any identifier for each person were deleted ensuring privacy and anonymity to the researcher

The researcher will assume that the respondents will answer all survey questions and that the questions will be answered honestly. The researcher will assure the respondents that the survey will be handled anonymously and that it will be confidential.

The second rule for conducting an ethical research project is, the right to be protected from harm or discomfort. In this study there wasn’t really anything that could be harming someone, but in the case that they felt uncomfortable, a student could just not complete the survey.

The investigation followed all five ethical guidelines; right to withdrawal, confidentiality, accurate reporting, deception and informed consent. From the beginning of the experiment the right to withdrawal was mentioned a few times to ensure participants had an open choice to participate in the experiment or not. All participants were reminded anonymous through the duration of the experiment, the participants were give a three digit number to be identified, this number would be used instead of any personal information that belongs to the participant. Accurate reporting was reported in the raw data section which then was sorted out into graphs and tables to ensure the participants weren't using raw data in the write up. Deception was

Fourthly, the questionnaires have been designed to collect information directly related to the research questions, and no private

The researcher followed ethical guidelines from BCS (2015). Avoiding harm to participants, was one of the most important issues, due to nature of the unstructured interviews, areas of sensitivity could have been delved into, thus care and sensitivity was needed always. The participants understood their right to withdraw at any time within the research (Boyce, Neale 2006). The researcher referred to the  BSC Guidelines (2015), moreover, informed consent is number 4 (iii) in these guidelines. participants were initially approached with sample questions from the semi structured questionnaires, it was explained that follow up interviews would be conducted around these questions on a more informal level of conservation. Due to the unpredictable

The participants were invited to participate in the study. Participants gave their permission once they voluntary accepted to be part of the study. Participants were provided with a written form of consent. I fill that ethical standards, by not obtaining consent forms would create a problem with the study. The participants were

By all means the information was kept confidential, no personal information was required. All the complete surveys were kept in a safe box and the information was retrieved two weeks after

All participants’ identity, except for nationality, will not be recorded on the questionnaire to keep the confidentiality. Anonymity will increase participants honesty (Aaker, 1996).

With the development of the more organic and less formal organisational structures the role of mentors has shifted with these changes. Unlike previously where mentors where seen as formal trainers who taught newcomers the processes and got them acquainted with the cultures and the systems within the organisation. Which required good interpersonal skills and a good knowledge of the activity or tasks the mentee would have to undertake, and be able to effectively relay or demonstrate the tasks or activities to the mentee. As opposed to more recently where a mentor would have to be more of an emotional counselor and demonstrate more skills than were traditionally required from

Students were told not to put their name on the surveys because all responses were intended to be

Consequently, during the planning stages a permission letter was considered and passed onto the manager for agreement on the project, allowing the information and data to be retrieved and problems from occurring. Problems that could have occurred might have been questions being inappropriate for the setting or could affect the participants. This is why before handing out the questionnaire it was checked, a copy was attached to the permission letter and a pilot questionnaire was carried out before the project even took place.

All questionnaires were fully anonymized and reviewed for completeness and all data went through extensive data-cleaning process. All data were electronically stored and had regular backups. Regular meetings were held with all members of the research team, during which conflicting and unclear issues were discussed and rectified

One more aspect that we believe is critical for this research project is the fact that we would require a questionnaire that is designed in such a way so that the participant is not fully aware of the conclusions we wish to reach with this survey yet we are eventually able to collect the required data; ie