Invitation to Participate in Research Study
Richard Rush
Doctoral Candidate in Business Administration,
Athabasca University
Dear Colleague,
I am seeking graduate students, library staff and faculty over the age of 18 at Canadian Institutions to participate in a survey regarding the adoption of reference management (RM) software (e.g., EndNote, Mendeley, RefWorks, Zotero). The survey is open to both users and non-users of reference management software. The purpose of this survey is to explore the relationship between technology adopter characteristics and learning taxonomies for software use. By participating in this study you will be contributing to an improved understanding of how academia uses technology and the implications for the learning process.
This study is being conducted as part of a Doctorate of Business Administration dissertation research. The title of the proposed dissertation is “Connecting Dots: Using Learning Taxonomy to Enhance Understanding of Innovation Adoption” and the academic supervisor is Dr. Mihail Cocosila, Associate Professor at Athabasca University (mihailc@athabascau.ca [2]). The dissertation will be listed in an abstract posted online at the Athabasca University Library's Digital Thesis and Project Room and the final research report will be publicly available.
This study has been approved by the Athabasca University Research Ethics Board. Should you have any comments or concerns regarding this study, please contact the university's Office of Research Ethics at 780-675-6718 [3] or by e-mail to rebsec@athabascau.ca [4].
Your responses to this survey are completely anonymous and participation should not take more than 20 minutes. If you are willing to participate in this study, please go to the link
http://fluidsurveys.com/surveys/dcscpp/research-study-connecting-the-dots/ [5]
where additional details on the study and the informed consent process will be provided before completing the survey.
Your participation is essential for the success of my research!
Thank you for your help!
Richard