Your support in the project is greatly appreciated.

Kind regards.

Johan Schoeman
Industrial & Organisational Psychology Department
Room 0616, Main Building
Summerstrand South Campus
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Tel: +27 41-504-2360
Mobile: +27 72 388 7000
Email: [email protected]

COPY OF LINK TO QUESTIONNAIRE

Dear Academic / Researcher,

We would like to invite you to participate in a study to help determine the problems, challenges and opportunities faced by social science researchers in South Africa. The aim of this study is to determine the issues mentioned above, so as to improve the quality, quantity and relevance of the Southern hemisphere “voice” in the social sciences.

Should you wish to participate, please click on the following link:

http://www.nmmu.ac.za/websurvey/q.asp?sid=314&k=ljcdicoisi

The questionnaire should not take you more than 8 minutes to complete. Please note that participation is completely voluntary, and all data obtained will be treated in a strictly confidential manner and will only be used for the purposes of the research. Feedback will be provided to all participating institutions when the final research report is compiled. Our Ethics Clearance number is H 2011 BUS IPH 09.

Your support in completing this questionnaire between today, 11 May 2011, and Monday, 16 May 2011, would be greatly appreciated as the researchers are working towards tight deadlines. It would be greatly appreciated if you also could forward this link to your Research department, as well as all your colleagues involved in social science research, for completion.

Should you have any queries, please contact either of the researchers below.

Kind regards,

Doctoral Students

1) Johan Schoeman @ 041 504 2360 2) Chantel Harris @ 041 504 2124 and 3) Sharon Munyaka @ 041 504 2364
or via email: [email protected]

Industrial & Organisational Psychology Department
Room 0616, Main Building
Summerstrand South Campus
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa