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Scientists, Engineers, and Innovators’ Perceptions and Motivations Study (SEI-PMS)

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PURPOSE & AUDIENCE OF THE SURVEY 
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If you are a scientist, engineer, or innovator engaged in research and development (R&D) in the developing country or an expatriate working abroad, and you haven’t taken the survey, please spare 10 minutes of your time to do so. [Click Here To Take the Survey]

The purpose of this survey is to collect baseline data on Performance, Perceptions, and Motivations of Scientists, Engineers, and Innovators from developing countries living both in their countries of origin and abroad. The purpose of this survey is three-fold: 
 
1. The survey aims to identify, empirically, differences in work type, motivations, attitudes, and performance between scientists and engineers from developing countries working in developing countries and the developed world.  
 
2. The survey aims to identify, empirically, perceptions of expatriate scientists and engineers belonging to developing countries who are currently working in developed world towards the research climate in their countries of origin.  
 
3. The above insights will be used to for developing policy recommendations for improving aspects of research climate in developing countries and creating policies to improve “brain gain” in these countries.  
 
The intended audience for this survey are individuals engaged in research and development (R&D) across a range of organizations in both developing and developed worlds.  
 
If you are such an individual, and haven’t already taken this survey, we would encourage you to please take out sometime to fill out this survey and also encourage your colleagues to do so.  
 
If you are in a position to promote this survey within your organization (e.g. through an email list) and/or link this survey on your organization’s website, we would welcome that contribution and strongly encourage you to do so.  
 
This survey WILL REMAIN OPERATIONAL FOR SIX WEEKS (Oct 5, 2007- Nov 15, 2007).  
 
Filling it out shouldn’t take more than 15-20 minutes of your time. (Detailed information about the study may be gleaned from my website at: http://www.atharosama.com.
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SPONSORING, MANAGING, HOSTING ORGANIZATIONS 
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This research is being conducted by Dr. Athar Osama. Dr. Osama is a public policy researcher specializing in science and technology policy, especially as it applies to developing countries. Dr. Osama has done extensive research–including his Doctoral Dissertation–on strategy, performance, and incentives systems in R&D labs, ICT industry in developing countries (most notably Pakistan and India), and venture capital industry and entrepreneurship in the developing world. More information on his work may be found at: http://www.PakistanIncorporated.com or his own website at: http://www.atharosama.com.  
 
This survey is being hosted on hostedware.com–a third party automated survey administration service–that offers complete privacy and protection of respondent data against unauthorized access through an SSL encription. The data collected would only be used for the purpose of research as described below.  
 
Any queries about this study maybe directed to Dr. Athar Osama at Athar.Osama@gmail.com.