Personal Trainer - Employment incentives

Magnus Johansen and the University of Cumbria would like to thank you for your participation.

1. Participant requirements:
Certified Personal Trainer
Aged 18+

Today you will be asked to answer several questions related to incentives provided to you in your job as a personal trainer. You will be asked to provide your thoughts and opinions related to the effectiveness of these incentives. The responses that you provide on your questionnaire will be scored and interpreted and will be used as a part of a research study at the University of Cumbria. You will be able to view results of this study when the research data has been collected and the researcher has published results.

We ask that you not discuss test items on the questionnaire or any portion of the procedure of this study with anyone when you have submitted your answers today.

2. Notice of consent for the data provided by you as a participant in: "Personal trainers – employment incentives"

Background and Purpose
This research is part of a master’s dissertation at the University of Cumbria. You have been asked to parttake in the study on the grounds that you work as a personal trainer.

What does participation in this research imply?
The data collection will take 5 minutes, and require no follow up on your part. The questions will concern level of motivation and incentives, and the data will be collected by an online survery concisting of 11 questions.

What will happen to the information you provide?
All information collected will be handled in a confidential manner, with access limited to the researcher and supervisor of the project. The data will not suffice to identify any of the participants individually.
This project will be completed by june 1st 2017.
The data will be permanently destroyed one year after the completion date. All data is stored securely at the questionaire processor QuestionPro.

Voluntary participation
It is voluntary to participate in the project. If you have concerns or questions about the project or the questionare, please contact the researcher at [email protected] or by phone +47 454 333 00.
The study has been tested for notification requirements to the Data Protection Official for Research, NSD - Norwegian Centre for Research Data. No notification was needed for this particular project.

Consent for participation in the study
By answering the questions below, you give your consent to the researcher to process and interpert your data, and confirm your agreement for participation, as the sentence below states:

“I have received information about the project and am willing to participate”