No.

Risk

Probability

(1 very low, 5 very high)

Impact

(1very low, 5 very high)

Assessment

(impact x probability)

Response strategy

1

The reluctance of the construction employees in opening or putting forth about their opinions and views in the fear of getting bad impression before their employers

4

5

20

Might hinder effective data collection.

The research participants would be assured that their identity would be anonymised and concealed throughout the research project

2

Failure to revert on time the Participant Information Sheet and Consent form on the part of the recruited research participants due to other workloads

3

5

15

Might delay the initiation of the data collection process.

The initiative would be taken to remind the participants about filling up both the documents and revert it timely with follow-ups facilitated from 2 days before the final submission

3

Difficulty in taking out time for the employees apart from their daily duties to participate in the survey or focus groups

3

3

9

Might put the employees in a dilemma bout what they should do.

The concerned authorities of the construction firmswould be informed and permission to offer a couple of hours to the employees to engage in theresearch study would be asked for 

4

Inconsistencies and false responses on the survey that might lead to inauthentic or inappropriate data interpretation

2

5

10

Might degrade the quality and authenticity of the research results.

The employees would be made to understand the relevance and importance of the project which is carried out to enhance their physical and mental well-being and stimulate policy implementation, thereby would be requested to be true to their answers without any kind of deceitor pretence

5

Conflicts in the focus groups while discussing the potential impacts of the work-life balance for the construction workers in Australia

2

3

6

Might create dissent and disagreements amongst the participating members.

The group would be headed by a competent, responsible, and mature researcher who would possess the right presence of mind to manage any kind ofconflicting issues.

6

The concerned authorities of the construction firms might get annoyed due to weekly visits to collect the data at their organisational premises and taking out time from the employees that might hamper their steady and smooth workflow.

3

4

12

Might delay or obstruct the data collection process that would hinder effective data interpretation process

No unnecessary time wastage would perpetuate consciously neither the employees would be engaged unreasonably without any sound motif or purpose. No interference would be done except conducting required activities related to the project.

7

Lack of access to the relevant secondary databases over the online medium to inform and back up the research's context, rationale and literature with pertinent literature.

3

2

6

The exact required information could be missed out which could have enhanced the theoretical foundation of the project.

The databases or the scholarly articles that couldn’t be accessed easily would be sorted out either through finding out similar kinds of alternative sources of information or subscribe to the websites to derive the information

8

Risk of external third-party intrusion into the project activities as well as tampering of the data

2

4

8

Might create complexities in the research project and hamper subsequent project activities.

External intrusion could be strictly prohibited by maintaining confidentiality as much as possible and transparency wherever needed along with proficient documentation and tracking of all the project-related activities to recognition of any unusual activities and prompt mitigation of the same.

9

Loss of the collected data anyhow

2

5

10

Would create great havoc and could demand re-initiation of the project’s data collection methods.

All the data would be stored and documented digitally and saved in a cloud-based advanced software system to ensure safe storage.

10

Financial constraints due to the continuous fieldwork needed to collect the data

3

5

Might cause cessation in the progress of the project activities and could halt the project activities.

An effective and contingent financial plan would be chalked out beforehand that would have a proper assessment of the capital requirements for each of the activities related to the project along with the provisions for measuring the capital already spent and ought to spend to understand how financial requirements before-hand. This would enable the project team to procure and manage financial requirements as the situation demands responsibly.