Software Developer earning his Doctorate needs help

After 10 days I have 309 responses and I would like to get about 30
more since some of the responses are not valid. I will keep the survey
up until 4pm PST Friday April 23, 2004. Feel free to ask your
Developer friends and I sincerely thank you for the help. Also, thanks
to the developers that were kind enough to respond!

I have been a Software Developer for 25 years mostly PC based for the
last 20. I have been earning my Doctorate for the past 4 years and am
now doing my Dissertation. The theme of my dissertation is the
relationships between job characteristics, job satisfaction and
turnover intention among Software Developers. I have developed a model
that shows the paths from job characteristics such as autonomy or task
significance to job satisfiers such as internal work motivation or
satisfaction with pay, and ending with the Developer's turnover
intention (quitting their job in the near future). Survey data will
drive the model and will hopefully serve as a basis for structuring
programs and policies to promote the retention of Software Developers.

The help I need is if you're a Software Developer I would truly
appreciate it if you would take a few minutes out of your busy
schedule and take my survey at http://www.dolphinmsds.com/progsurvey
The survey consists of 6 pages and should take about 5 to 10 minutes
to take.

Your e-mail address is optional but if you leave it I will send you a
copy of my dissertation in the next 90 days. I will also have a
drawing for 4 Amazon $50 gift certificates for survey participants.
The survey results will be very helpful for future developers and for
management to understand the nature of developers. After 6 days I have
212 responses and I need about 300 so feel free to ask your Developer
friends and I sincerely thank you for the help. Also, thanks to the
212 developers that were kind enough to respond!


Tim