Proactive Theory / proactive personality-behaviour

The lecturer would like the research proposal to examine the relationship between Proactive Theory / Proactive Behaviour, GHQ (General Health Questionnaire stress/mental wellbeing), and Sensemaking Theory.

The study should investigate whether proactive individuals demonstrate different levels of stress and different sensemaking abilities.

Possible structure of the research idea:

  • Independent Variable: Proactive behaviour/personality
  • Dependent Variables:
    • Stress / psychological wellbeing (measured with GHQ)
    • Sensemaking ability (measured with a sensemaking scale)

The proposal should therefore focus on testing the links between:

  1. Proactive behaviour and stress
  2. Proactive behaviour and sensemaking

The lecturer also mentioned possible contexts/populations such as:

  • Hospitality
  • Travelling
  • Exercising
  • Day trading
  • Other related environments

The study is expected to follow a quantitative research approach using questionnaires/scales, such as:

  • GHQ (General Health Questionnaire)
  • Proactive Personality/Behaviour Scale
  • Sensemaking Scale

The assignment should follow the standard research proposal structure:

  1. Introduction
  2. Preliminary Literature Review
  3. Research Objectives and Research Questions
  4. Proposed Methodology and Data Analysis
  5. References/Bibliography

The proposal should clearly explain:

  • why the topic is important,
  • the theoretical connection between the variables,
  • how the data will be collected,
  • which statistical methods may be used,
  • and how the findings could contribute to existing literature.

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