Dear colleagues,
A 2012 study by the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service revealed that the majority of employees surveyed prefer to communicate via electronic communication rather than face to face!
This trend for electronic communication has its advantages but also brings about difficulties for workplace communication. One such difficulty is that sometimes email and other electronic communications can lack clarity, are not perceived as they were intended, or come across negatively.
We are a group of researchers from the Institute of Work Psychology (in the Management School) interested in studying this phenomenon.
Six months ago we sent around an online survey that investigated how negative workplace interactions via technology, such as unpleasant emails, affect employees.
If you completed that survey, we would like to offer our sincere thanks.
Now we need your help again.
We would like to encourage you to fill in a (shorter) follow up survey as this enables us to obtain information on how negative technological behaviour affects employees over time. The survey will involve questions on negative technological experiences, health and work engagement.
If you did not complete the first study, we would still welcome you to complete this one.
The study itself has been ethically approved by the The University of Sheffield Management School ethics committee. All responses are anonymous and strictly confidential. You are also free to withdraw from the study at any time by closing the web page. To participate in the study click on the link below:
https://sheffieldmanagement.eu.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_bwlY0D7MDHgGv3f
The survey should take no longer than 15 minutes to complete. The information we gather will be used alongside current research evidence to provide guidelines for limiting the damage done to employees by negative technological behaviour.
All individuals who participate will be eligible to receive a feedback report on the study. If you would like a copy please email me at [log in to unmask]
Thank you for your time.
Sam Farley
Doctoral Researcher
University of Sheffield
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