Utpal, according to Wiley InterScience, an article written by Richard P. Bagozzi and yourself, titled 'Intentional social action in virtual communities' has been published as of this month.
2-21 Intentional social action in virtual communities Richard P. Bagozzi, Utpal M. Dholakia Abstract PDF Full Text (Size: 174K) Published Online: 20 Mar 2002 DOI 10.1002/dir.10006 Is this a different article? The subject matter seems to be very similar. On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 06:57:39PM -0600, Utpal M. Dholakia babbled thus: > Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 18:57:39 -0600 (CST) > From: "Utpal M. Dholakia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Request from academic researcher > > Dear Linux User Group Moderator: > I am a faculty member in the Jones school of management at Rice University > in Houston, Texas (this may be verified using a Google search with "Paul > Dholakia", or "Utpal Dholakia"). We are conducting an academic research > project, studying social interactions online, and how communities > organized around products or brands are formed, from a sociological > perspective. > > In this regard, the entire open-source movement, and particularly LINUX > user groups and online bulletin boards provide a wonderful context to > study these sociological issues. > > We are conducting a survey of members of LINUX user groups/ online > bulleting boards seeking information on different elements of their > thoughts, feelings, and motivations of participating in such groups, and > the value of the group to them... The survey is available on the web at > the following URL: > > http://www.surveypro.com/cgi-bin/surveypro/run_survey.cgi?id=2444 > > > Of course, this research is strictly academic, and has no commercial links > or interests. We hope to publish this research in a sociology journal. > > As a small token of our appreciation for participants' time, and in the > spirit of the philosophy underlying the open-source movement, we will > donate $500 total to the five favorite organizations/ groups of our > participants' choice (we ask the participant's to nominate their favorite > groups in the survey). > > I am writing to seek your help in conducting this research, first through > participating, and second, through encouraging your user group members to > participate in the research.. This will not take more than ten minutes of > your (and their time). > > We welcome all help, and look forward to hearing from you. > > Best wishes, > Paul Dholakia > Assistant Professor > Rice University > http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~dholakia > > -- Mike Edwards Brainbench certified Master Linux Administrator http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=158188 ----------------------------------- Unsolicited advertisments to this address are not welcome.
