Dear researchers
I was approached by a consulting company to help them to design a survey around change. Some elements have been well established such as empowerment, coping etc.
My question is whether the company can use academic published scales for their commercial use.
If they want to use it, how should they approach it? Shall they contact the authors for permission?
Thank you very much in advance for sharing your insights on this.
Best wishes,
Na
I create a measurement scale of adive and consulting and it will be published soon but if you want any help I can orient you.
I would use the measures they propose -- why not? I can remember, once I've got a similar inquiry about reprinting my work and I didn't have any problems with it. If they would have had serious problems with it, they wouldn't have published the work. You can ask them though, but I think they would be happy that somebody is interested in their findings. Moreover, I can't imagine that the single product of your company is based exclusively on a single paper. Just reference the work and go on.
Please contact the author and inform your plans to use it. It should not be a difficult or expensive proposition.
No, you cannot sell existing scales. They are someone's intellectual property.
Contact the author as a consulting expert. He would adapt the measures on your request.
I am sure you could use the existing scales with permission and proper acknowledgement.
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