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Appendix 3: Participant Information Sheet – Subordinate<br />

Participant Information Sheet<br />

Date Information Sheet Produced:<br />

13 th September, 2011<br />

Project Title<br />

An examination of the relationship between Leader Member Exchange (LMX) Agreement<br />

and the work attitudes of the hotel employees.<br />

An Invitation<br />

My name is Amrit Chandrasekaran Sankaran, a Master’s student at AUT University. I<br />

invite you to participate in a study of the people working in the hospitality industry.<br />

Your participation in this project is voluntary, and if you wish, you can withdraw from<br />

this research at any stage with no adverse consequences to you.<br />

What is the purpose of this research?<br />

I am interested in examining the relationship between the congruence in the<br />

supervisors and the subordinates’ perspective of Leader-Member-Exchange and the<br />

subordinates’ work outcomes such as organisational commitment and turnover intent.<br />

This study aims at deriving the results required for completing my Masters in<br />

International Hospitality Management. The information I collect is likely to be used to<br />

develop further studies.<br />

How was I identified and why am I being invited to participate in this research?<br />

After obtaining permission from your senior management for conducting my project in<br />

your organisation, I am inviting you for explaining about this project. I had approached<br />

you directly and your senior management does not know about your participation.<br />

Though your immediate supervisor would come to know your name, I can assure you<br />

that your responses would be kept confidential and would never be exposed to him/her.<br />

I am inviting you to participate in this project because you are a staff of an<br />

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