Please Participate in Study of Generational Differences in IR Work Values
Bill Knight (wknight@bgsu.edu)

I invite all institutional researchers who are AIR members to participate in a study that explores generational differences in workplace values among institutional researchers.

The survey is available at: http://survey.bgsu.edu/surveys/ir/irgen/web%20html/irgen.htm and should take about 10 minutes to complete. I would appreciate your response no later than October 30, 2009. The benefits of participation in this study include improvement in the employment experiences of institutional researchers, and, indirectly, the improvement of institutional research and planning, and decision making in higher education.

Of course, your participation in this research study is completely voluntary, and you are free to discontinue your participation at any time. Risks associated with participation in this research study are no greater than those encountered in normal daily life.

Completion and return of the survey indicates your consent to participate. Your identity will not be known by the researcher, your supervisor or colleagues. Your completion or lack of completion of the survey also does not affect your relationship to AIR or your employer in any way. Please clear your Web browser cache and page history after completing the survey. Some employers use software that tracks keystrokes made and Web sites visited, so you may wish to complete the survey on a home or public computer.

My anticipated work products from this project will be a presentation at the 2010 AIR Forum and a published article. I hope to share the results widely as I did those of a recent study of voluntary job turnover among institutional researchers. Please visit http://www.bgsu.edu/downloads/finance/file68680.pdf to review the study.

You are welcome to contact me at wknight@bgsu.edu or 419-372-7816 with any questions or concerns you have about this study. You may also contact the Chair of BGSU’s Human Subjects Review Board at hsrb@bgsu.edu or 419-372-7716 with questions or concerns about participants’ rights.

Thank you for your anticipated assistance.

Bill Knight
Bowling Green State University