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Appendix 4: Email Invitation to Study 1
Good morning
All employees working for [name of Service 6] have been invited to take part in an
external stress survey. If you wish to participate then please can you do so before
Friday 1 July.
As a team member of [name of Service 6], you are being invited to
take part in a joint project between the Council and Anglia Ruskin
University. Working with IT systems, organisational communication
and work-based relationships with both peers and managers are all
common examples of the problems faced by employees on a daily
basis. If not resolved, this type of stress has the potential to affect a
person in many ways; for instance, work performance, home life and
a person’s health can suffer as a result of excess stress in the
workplace. As a responsible employer that is keen to assist
employee wellbeing wherever possible, the Council wants to help
you with these everyday issues by creating a working environment
that minimises such stressors and thereby generating a more
pleasant daily experience as an employee.
Why have you been asked to take part
Your service is taking part in this project because of the diverse
nature of its job roles and generally representative nature of [service
6] occupations when compared with [name of PAO] as a whole.
What will you be asked to do
Fill in a brief, simple survey. It has been designed so that it only
takes a few minutes of your time, and can be completed either by
clicking the ‘Survey Monkey’ link
(https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/wellbeing-at-[service6]) or
completing a hard copy, which you can request from Jermaine
Ravalier (details below). The survey is based on a method designed
by the Health and Safety Executive, and has been developed to
ensure complete anonymity on your part. This means that, no
matter how you answer the questions, there is no way that we will
be able to trace the answers back to any person.
The survey consists of two parts: one to assess the amount of
stress you may be experiencing, and another to assess the
type of stress. Using ‘Survey Monkey’ means that no names or
addresses are recorded, and as such we don’t know whose
answers are whose, and we have provided confidential
stamped addressed envelopes for those with hard copies to
ensure that responses come straight back to the lead
researcher, and no one else.
What’s in it for me
You’ll be able to contribute to improvements in your working
environment, and that of your colleagues, which should have a
positive impact on your wellbeing. The whole process will take very