On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Thomas Zerbach tzerb...@uni-koblenz.dewrote:
Dear ladies and gentlemen,
my name is Thomas Zerbach, I'm a research assistant at the University of
Koblenz-Landau (Germany) currently working on an empirical research study
which revolves around the job situation of (professional) open source
developers. The goal of the study is to gain insights on the effect of
developers' double commitment to the open source community and the
organization.
The study already received support by several organizations including the
Open Source Business Foundation (OSBF), the European Commission's Joinup
project and various open source projects (e.g. Eclipse) and experts (e.g.
former Open Source Director at Oracle Gilles Gravier)!
I am contacting you with the hope of getting any kind of support in order
to reach a bigger target audience that could contribute to the research.
Here are some main facts about the study:
*Who is the target group?*
The study is aimed at employed software developers who also work with open
source code and therefore are to some extent dependant on the open source
community.
*Why should developers participate?*
1. They can support social projects and a startup company at the same
time!
As an incentive, the University of Koblenz-Landau offers participants the
opportunity to donate real money invested by the University to social
projects after completing the survey. This offer is part of a collaboration
with the startup company socialfunders, which specializes on corporate
giving processes. More information on the socialfunders can be found here:
https://www.socialfunders.org/.
2. They can make their voice heard!
The research study aims at deriving managerial implications for
organizations to improve their employees' job situation. Participants can
also gain insights in the situation of fellow open source developers if
they want to receive a rehashed version of the research results after the
completion of the study.
*How much effort is required?*
Only about 10 minutes of their time. All information will of course be
treated anonymously and solely be used for scientific purposes.
*Link to the research study:*
http://ww2.unipark.de/uc/kb_uni_koblenz_kilian_ls/d20b/
I hope I was able to catch your interest. If you can think of a way how to
support me with my research (e.g. by forwarding this message or
incorporating this information in a newsletter/ internal forum) or if you
have any questions regarding the research study feel free to contact me.
I am looking forward to hearing from you!
Best Regards,
Thomas Zerbach
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E-Mail: tzerb...@uni-koblenz.de
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Universität Koblenz-Landau
Lehrstuhl für Informationsmanagement und Organisation
Universitätsstr. 1
56070 Koblenz
www.uni-koblenz.de
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