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particularly pertinent should the facilitator focus the group questioning around the MSIT results only, with
inevitable issues surrounding the inhibitory nature of mixed management and staff focus groups. The presented
research therefore goes beyond the use of focus groups alone. The log phase provided a structured short-answer
method of collecting data about which no pre-determined categories are suggested by the researcher, and
similarly the semi-structured interviews allowed participants to build upon these and other (possibly unrelated)
areas. Lastly focus groups were used to determine feasible action plans for change. The presented methodology
therefore provides a more in-depth approach than the MSIT and focus-group methods alone suggested by the HSE.
Discussion Box 15: Self-Report Measures
As described throughout Chapter VI (Methodology), the presented research utilised
a number of self-report measures as data collection techniques. Indeed, each of the five
phases of the research design was based upon the use of self-report measures, which are
subjective and personable accounts of phenomena which are attributed to each particular
respondent. It is the subjectivity of these approaches, and the presented research having
occurred within a particular department of a particular organisation, which made the
knowledge and background of the participating organisation important (see Chapter V). The
combined results of the qualitative self-report measures were used to help inform the
development of interventions which can be attributed to all employees in the participating
3) Procedure & Participants
The present study is an original mixed methods design in that the AI aspect has never been used in order to
investigate everyday psychosocial stress in the workplace. Indeed the original project conceptualisation involved