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INFORMATION

You are invited to voluntarily participate in a research project entitled Knowledge Contribution to the Group being conducted by Daphné Baldassari, a second-year doctoral student at the University of Toronto. This research is being supervised by Professor Sarah Kaplan.

The purpose of this research project is to examine individual differences and situations that affect individuals’ preference to contribute ideas. As a participant, you will complete 2 individual rounds of a task and 10 rounds of the same task in group and asked to make some decisions. You will then answer a post-experiment survey. The task will take around 1 hour and will be conducted in the Behavioural Lab of the Rotman School of Management Building.

PARTICIPATION

Your participation in this study is completely voluntary. You may withdraw from the study at any time during the experimental session without penalty or loss of benefits to which are entitled. You are also free to omit the answer to any question without penalty or loss to benefits to which you are entitled. Upon completion of the session, you will receive a full written explanation about the purpose of this research.

RISKS

The questions and tasks accomplished by participants in the survey are minimally invasive and pertain to thoughts and tasks that you may commonly experience in daily life. We acknowledge that participants may feel disappointed in their performance on the tasks. However, the tasks in the study were created and selected solely for the study, and they are not diagnostic of academic or intellectual ability. You may choose to withdraw from the study at any time during the session.

BENEFITS

You will have the opportunity to observe the methods that researches use and to contribute to the body of knowledge regarding various careers and professions in society. Other benefits you may expect from the study are an increased understanding of experimental economics, strategic HR, and an opportunity to contribute to scientific research.

CONFIDENTIALITY

Your responses will be kept completely confidential: Confidentiality of your research records will be strictly maintained by assigning all the data you provide a code number, and all data will be kept by the research team in an encrypted file, in a locked office and/or computer and/or stored on encrypted USB keys. The results of this study may be reported in conference presentations and academic journals. Note, however, that the responses of individual participants will not be identified in any reports of this research.

The research study you are participating in may be reviewed for quality assurance to make sure that the required laws and guidelines are followed. If chosen, (a) representative(s) of the Human Research Ethics Program (HREP) may access study-related data and/or consent materials as part of the review. All information accessed by the HREP will be upheld to the same level of confidentiality that has been stated by the research team.

COMPENSATION

Participants will receive one course credit for participating in the study. Participants will also have the opportunity to earn a financial bonus for their performance in the study.

WITHDRAWAL

Participants who begin the study but choose to withdraw prior to its completion will still receive their full research participation credit and financial bonus, and their data will be destroyed. Participants will not be able to withdraw their data following completion of the study, as the identifying information will have been removed. opportunity to earn a financial bonus for their performance in the study.

CONTACT

If you have questions at any time about the study or the procedures, you may contact Daphne Baldassari (daphne.baldassari17@rotman.utoronto.ca) or Dr. Sarah Kaplan (sarah.kaplan@rotman.utoronto.ca). If you would like to know about the results of the research, you may contact the investigators as well.

This project has been reviewed and approved by the University of Toronto Office of Research Ethics. Participants can contact the Research Oversight and Compliance Office – Human Research Ethics Program at ethics.review@utoronto.ca or 416-946-3273 if they have questions about their rights as participants.

CONSENT : By typing "I consent", I have read and understand the above information, and agree to participate in the study. I can request a paper copy of this form to the researcher.

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