On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Thomas Zerbach <tzerb...@uni-koblenz.de>wrote:
> 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 > -- > E-Mail: tzerb...@uni-koblenz.de > Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter > > Universität Koblenz-Landau > Lehrstuhl für Informationsmanagement und Organisation > Universitätsstr. 1 > 56070 Koblenz > www.uni-koblenz.de > > ___________________________________________________ > This message is from the kde mailing list. > Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. > Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. > More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html. > You may like to respond to this guy -- https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/android-discuss/3YaTp8SWNxY
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