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Samant, Swayamsidha
Mishra, Niharranjan
Ray, Sthitapragyan
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Received: 4 November 2024
Accepted: 11 November 2025
First Online: 19 December 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was reviewed and approved by the Institute Ethical Committee of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela, India. The ethics approval number is NITR/IEC/2023/M/16 granted on July 19, 2023. All research procedures involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the committee and the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki, as well as its later amendments and relevant national regulations. The scope of approval covered all stages of data collection and the handling of confidential information related to the work-family and burnout nexus: Insight from a qualitative survey of coal miners in India. No part of the research was initiated prior to ethical approval being obtained.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to their inclusion in the study. Consent was collected between July 24 and August 27, 2023, by the principal investigator during field visits to coal mining sites in eastern India. Participants were fully informed about the purpose of the study, which examined the work-family and burnout nexus: Insight from a qualitative survey of coal miners in India. Each participant received an information sheet describing the study objectives, the voluntary nature of participation, data confidentiality procedures, and the right to withdraw at any time without penalty. Participants then signed a written consent form confirming their agreement to participate, to allow their anonymized data to be used for research publication purposes, and to acknowledge understanding of the minimal risks involved (primarily time and emotional reflection). The study involved non-interventional survey research; therefore, participants’ anonymity and confidentiality were strictly maintained. No personally identifying information was collected, and all data were stored securely with restricted access to the research team only. No vulnerable population (e.g., minors, refugees, or patients) were included in the study.
