Dear colleagues,

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.

All active academic researchers that are members in the Association for Information Systems (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.

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 the following link to commence the online survey.

http://survey.qut.edu.au/f/176801/3014/

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.

Please note that this study has been approved by the QUT Human Research Ethics Committee (approval number 1200000446).

Many thanks for your consideration of this request.