Ethics Approval No 08619
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES AND TRANSFIELD SERVICES LIMITED
PARTICIPANT INFORMATION STATEMENT AND CONSENT FORM
Exploring the Relationship between Personality Traits, Email Overload and Productivity in the Work Place.
You are invited to participate in an honours research study investigating email use and productivity. We hope to learn what influence personality traits have on email overload and productivity in the work place. You were selected as a possible participant in this study because you are employed by Transfield Services Limited.
If you decide to participate, you will complete a short survey containing some demographic questions and a series of statements, where you will need to indicate on a scale from 1 to 5 your level of agreement.
Your involvement will take about 15 minutes.
We cannot and do not guarantee or promise that you will receive any benefits from this study. Your decision whether or not to participate will not prejudice your future relations with the University of New South Wales. If you begin the survey we hope that you will complete it fully, but you are free to withdraw your consent and to discontinue participation at any time without prejudice. Completion and return of the survey will be regarded as consent for use of the results.
Any information that is obtained in connection with this study and that can be identified with you will remain confidential and will be disclosed only with your permission, except as required by law. If you give us your permission by completing this survey, we plan to submit the results as an honours research project for marking by UNSW academics. In any publication, information will be provided in such a way that you cannot be identified.
If you have any questions or any concerns about this research, you are encouraged to contact the investigators, honours student Kagan Sevinc or his supervisor Associate Professor John D’Ambra (contact information provided below). If you have any additional questions later, we will be happy to answer them.
Complaints may be directed to the Ethics Secretariat, The University of New South Wales, SYDNEY 2052
AUSTRALIA (phone 9385 4234, fax 9385 6648, email [email protected]). Any complaint you make will be
investigated promptly and you will be informed out the outcome.
Sincerley,
Kagan Sevinc – Honours Student
[email protected]
Associate Professor John D’Ambra
[email protected]
Telephone: 9385 4854
What is your highest level of education? What industry do you currently work in? Business Unit/Department Name: How long have you been working in your current organisation (approx. years)? How long have you been working full time (approx. years)? Do you work in the same location as your manager? Do you have a personal assistant (PA)? If you answered yes to the previous question, does your PA filter your email? In your work place do you have ready access to a: Do you access your work email out of the office? If you answered yes to the previous question, how? On average, for what duration (hours) do you use a computer each day? For how long (approx. years) have you been using computer technology? On average, how many hours a day do you use email? Do you have your email client running all day? Do you have your email notifcations on or off? Where would you place yourself in the organisation structure? How many active work email accounts do you have? How many active personal email accounts do you have? These questions will aim to measure your perceived productivity in the work place The scale for the following questions works as follows:
1 - Worst Ever
2
3
4
5 - Best Possible
How would you describe your EFFICIENY over the last 5 working days? How would you describe the OVERALL QUALITY of your
work over the last 5 working days? How would you describe the OVERALL AMOUNT of your
work over the last 5 working days? These questions aim to understand the importance of email for your role Email is critical for getting my work done I use email a lot for my work It would be harder to do my work without email Email overload refers to e-mail’s ability to facilitate information overload to its user I can handle my email efficiently I have trouble finding information in my email I can easily deal with the amount of email I receive I sometimes miss information or important messages I reply quickly to the message I need to Dealing with my email disrupts my ongoing work I find dealing with my email overwhelming Locus of control refers to a person’s belief in what causes the events in their lives (i.e. fate or self determined) Whether or not I get to be a leader depends mostly on my ability Whether or not I get into a car accident depends mostly on how good a driver I am When I make plans, I am almost certain to make them work How many friends I have depends on how nice a person I am I can pretty much determine what will happen in my life I am usually able to protect my personal interests When I get what I want, it’s usually because I worked hard for it My life is determined by my own actions Self Esteem is a person’s opinion of their own self worth and the confidence and satisfaction they have of themselves On the whole, I am satisfied with myself At times I think I am no good at all I feel that I have a number of good qualities I am able to do things as well as most other people I feel I do not have much to be proud of I certainly feel useless at times I feel that I am a person of worth, at least on an equal plane with others I wish I could have more respect for myself All in all, I am inclined to feel that I am a failure I take a positive attitude toward myself These questions aim to understand how you handle your email I check my email as soon as I see or hear that a new message has arrived I restrict myself to checking my email at specific times of the day I try to keep my inbox size small I keep messages in my inbox as a reminder of things I need to do I leave messages in the inbox after I have read them I delete work-related email messages after I read them I meanually file my messages as soon as they come in I file my messages into serparate folders These questions will help understand how many emails you send and receive on average How many new email messages have you received in the past 24 hours? How many new email messages have you read in the past 24 hours? How many email messages have you sent in the past 24 hours? |
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