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 <mailto:tzerb...@uni-koblenz.de>
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Universität Koblenz-Landau
Lehrstuhl für Informationsmanagement und Organisation
Universitätsstr. 1
56070 Koblenz
www.uni-koblenz.de <http://www.uni-koblenz.de/>
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