Hi - I also sent a note to the researcher who replied that was their focus. They seemed to realize that people’s employment does change.
We will see if they gain valuable insights. I’m excited to answer an Apache survey from Com Dev. Regards, Dave Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 16, 2018, at 2:48 PM, Jim Riggs <jim...@riggs.me> wrote: > > While my first instinctive response -- like some of yours -- was also one of > annoyance or frustration, it is important to remember that this is a research > study that is focused not on the Apache community as a whole or open source > software communities in general. Instead, it is a targeted study WRT > business/organization engagement in open source software development. Their > description in the original message forwarded to the list below says, "We > want to understand how a *firm's* participation in open source software (OSS) > development affects you and your job" (emphasis added). > > They never claimed that the results of this study would directly benefit the > ASF other than a potential financial donation. Participation will help them > to do their research, and the financial donation will help the ASF, but there > probably won't be any deep insights into how our community operates beyond > the narrow scope of their study. > > >> On Oct 16, 2018, at 13:24, Sharan Foga <sha...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> Hi Everyone >> >> Please see below for a message from some researchers from the University of >> Cincinnati who are running a survey on participation in Open Source. The >> survey is open to all Apache contributors and committers and the researchers >> have said they make a donation to the ASF for completed responses up to a >> maximum of $1000. >> >> Please feel free to circulate this message within your projects. >> >> Thanks >> Sharan >> >> ========================================== >> >> October 16, 2018 >> >> Dear Apache Software Foundation Contributors and Committers, >> >> We are researchers at the University of Cincinnati. We want to understand >> how a firm's participation in open source software (OSS) development affects >> you and your job. Since you are significant contributors to the OSS >> community, we invite you to participate in our study by completing an online >> survey. >> >> The survey will take approximately 15 minutes to complete. In appreciation >> of your time, $5 will be donated to Apache for each completed survey >> response up to a total of $1,000. In addition, each survey participant will >> be entered into a prize drawing. Two people will be randomly selected—each >> person will receive a $250 Visa gift card. >> >> Your individual responses will be kept confidential and anonymous. Your >> participation is voluntary. You may start and then change your mind and exit >> the survey at any time. You can complete the survey any time before November >> 10th. We will send one reminder on October 21st and one on November 8th. >> >> Your inputs are extremely valuable to improving our understanding of how OSS >> development impacts developers’ career experiences. >> >> Please click the following link to start the survey. >> http://cincinnati.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3h3D0bMEHrQ47xr >> >> Thank you again for your time! >> >> Sincerely, >> Dr. Sherae Daniel, Dr. Jaime Windeler, and Dr. Liwei Chen >> University of Cincinnati >> Carl H. Lindner College of Business >> Department of Operations, Business Analytics & Info Systems (OBAIS) >> Room 618 Carl H. Lindner Hall >> 2925 Campus Green Dr. >> Cincinnati, OH 45221 >> *************************************************************************** >> Sherae Daniel, Ph.D. >> sherae.dan...@uc.edu >> New OSS Research >> London School of Economics Blog Post >> http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2018/09/26/can-your-organisation-benefit-from-embracing-the-open-source-way/ >> Maruping, L., Daniel, S.L., Cataldo, M., Herbsleb, J. (2018) “Developer >> Centrality and the Impact of Value Congruence and Incongruence on Commitment >> and Code Contribution Activity in Open Source Software Communities” >> Management Information Systems Quarterly (Accepted). >> Daniel, S.L., Maruping, L., Cataldo, M. (2018) “The Impact of Ideology Fit >> on Companies and OSS Communities” Management Information Systems Quarterly >> (Accepted). >> Daniel, S.L., Midha, V., Bhattacherhjee, Singh, S. (2018) "Sourcing >> Knowledge in open source software projects: The impacts of internal and >> external social capital on project success" The Journal of Strategic >> Information Systems (In Press). >> https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1XhMS3RA8iSVl3 >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
