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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>We have expanded our deadline for survey completion to gather additional response on conduct and outcomes of sabbatical leaves for IS researchers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Additional d</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>etails are </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>in the email </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>below.</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> We will of course post summarized results back to the community.</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The survey is online at </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="http://survey.qut.edu.au/f/176801/3014/">http://survey.qut.edu.au/f/176801/3014/</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Many thanks for your consideration,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Jan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dear colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>We are conducting research on objectives, conduct and outcomes of sabbatical leave taken by Information Systems academics and its impact on research productivity. The aim of the research is to offer recommendations for academic institutions, hosts and visiting researchers to maximize benefits from sabbatical leave.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>All active academic researchers that are <u>members in the Association for Information Systems</u> (aisnet.org) are invited to participate. We define active academic researchers as those association members that have completed a Ph.D. and who occupy an academic position with a research component (such as faculty members or post-doctoral fellows). Non-research members (e.g., teaching faculty, adjuncts, or administrators) or academics without Ph.D. completion are not part of our study.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>If you are an active researcher in Information Systems, you are invited to participate in the project by participating in an online survey. Please visit <a href="http://survey.qut.edu.au/f/176801/3014/">http://survey.qut.edu.au/f/176801/3014/</a> to commence the online survey.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The survey will be open through <b>31 October 2013</b>. You are free to withdraw from the survey at any time prior or during completion; however, by submitting the completed survey we will assume that you are giving consent to participate in this study.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Please note that this study has been approved by the QUT Human Research Ethics Committee (approval number 1200000446).</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Many thanks for your consideration of this request.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Jan Recker</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Professor for Information Systems</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Queensland University of Technology</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>