The sustained success of female executives in elite law firms in South Africa

Research project data set for MBA requirement. Interviews and transcripts were employed as data collection methods. The information was obtained from female executives within elite law firms in South Africa. They contain information about their companies and specific practitioners which the researcher agreed to keep confidential and that is the basis on which ethical clearance was obtained. The research report anonymized all participants names. The data and information therein should therefore never be shared with third parties unless specific consent was acquired from the participants themselves. When the data was gathered participants were not advised not to share their names or organisational names. It would therefore be unethical to ever release the recordings publically. As it is possible that the release of this information would be detriment to the interests of the participants.

本数据集为适配工商管理硕士（MBA）课程要求的研究项目配套数据集。本研究采用访谈与转录文本作为数据采集方法，数据来源于南非顶尖律师事务所的女性高管群体。数据集涵盖其所在公司及具体从业者的相关信息，研究人员已承诺对该类信息严格保密，这也是本研究获得伦理审查许可的核心前提。研究报告已对所有受访对象的姓名完成匿名化处理，因此，除非获得受访对象本人的明确同意，否则严禁向任何第三方共享本数据集及其包含的所有信息。在数据采集阶段，研究人员并未告知受访者不得披露其姓名或所属机构名称，因此公开发布该类录音资料有违伦理准则，且此类信息的公开可能会损害受访对象的合法权益。