Focus Groups In The Workplace

Focus groups also provide an opportunity for disclosure among similar others in a setting where participants are validated. For example, in the context of workplace bullying, targeted employees often find themselves in situations where they experience lack of voice and feelings of isolation. Use of focus groups to study workplace bullying therefore serve as both an efficacious and ethical venue for collecting data is the issue of o b s e r v e r d e p e n d e n c y : the results obtained are influenced by the researcher or his or her own reading of the group's