About the Research
Purpose Of Research
Benefits Of Research
Benefits Of Research
The purpose of this research is to identify the factors that allowed companies in the USA to successfully adopt Appreciative Inquiry.
Adoption is defined as the decision to use, or continue to use, an innovation such as Appreciative Inquiry (AI). Adoption can occur for many reasons like culture, leadership, business results, etc. etc.
Benefits Of Research
Benefits Of Research
Benefits Of Research
By understanding the factors of successful adoption of Appreciative Inquiry, companies and individuals will be better positioned to have similar life giving and life amplifying experiences with AI themselves!
Why You are Needed!
Benefits Of Research
Why You are Needed!
We need to gather stories of organizations that successfully adopted Appreciative Inquiry. It starts out by finding out who and with what organization! Please fill out the Qualtics Survey for next steps!
What to Expect in the Interview
Zoom VIdeo Conference
Due to the pandemic. All interviews will be done over Zoom video conference.
- Once you have volunteered and completed the 2 Question Survey you will be contacted to schedule a Zoom video conference.
- The interview will last between 1 - 1.5 hours.
- You will be asked to reflect on experiences you have had at your organization in adopting Appreciative Inquiry. You will tell specific examples of things that Helped the adoption of AI or Hindered the adoption of AI.
- After the interview has been completed and analyzed, you will be contacted again via email or phone to review the analysis and to ensure it is accurate and complete.
Special Note:
1. Adoption is defined as the decision to use, or continue to use, an innovation such as Appreciative Inquiry (AI). Adoption can occur for many reasons like culture, leadership, business results, etc. etc.
2. Your trust is taken extremely seriously. Any and all information given in this research is strictly confidential. If anything in the final report could break said confidentiality, your prior approval will be required.
Confidentiality
Confidentiality is taken very seriously in this research.
- Each participants information is kept in a password protected encrypted file.
- Furthermore, each participants name is removed and replaced with a random identifier visible only to the lead researcher.
- According to the Enhanced Critical Incident Technique (ECIT) used, 25% of respondents across several companies must indicate a similar factor for it to be included in the final report.
- Any potentially identifiable information used in the final report will first be approved by that particular interviewee prior to its use.