Hey guys!
Do you like Runescape? Great! Are you in a clan? Even better! Please continue reading.
I’m Christophe, a master’s student Corporate Communications at KU Leuven, Belgium.
The reason I’m posting here is that I’m doing research about leadership for my thesis. I’m researching a relation between the transmissibility of online-leadership skills (i.e. Runescape clan leadership) and offline leadership skills.
This is where I need your help! Since I’m doing explorative and qualitative research, I will be needing to interview several (ex-)clan leaders. I’m looking for anybody who is currently or was ever in a clan with a leading/managing role, preferably top-level. The clans can reside in EOC or OS. It also doesn’t matter if there are level requirements or whether the clan is PVP or PVM. The important thing is that the clan is, or at a certain point was, active.
I’m looking for anybody willing to comment on this topic in any way, so please don’t hesitate to comment or refer people. It is important to note that all granted personal information is confidential and will only be made public as an anonymous source. You can also help by referring me to relevant research or even by just listing clans or people you know of that would be interested in this kind of thing. I’m open to any kind of interaction for a first light talk about the topic in general: Ingame chat, IRC, emailing, forum messaging, Skype/TS, … or we can just do some fishing or woodcutting and talk in the meanwhile!
Thanks for your interest!
Christophe
IGN: Sir Eerdt
*I will be checking this topic once or twice a day and will respond as soon as possible.
*I hope I am abiding by the Clan Discussion Rules here. Possible issues I can see:
IX. No More asking for Information About any Clan.
I’m not asking for specific information about anybody, rather, I’m looking for leaders to gather a deeper insight in clan leadership. This can be done anonymously if this is prefered.
I believe this discussion is relevant for anybody to reflect on the mechanics of clan management, which makes it relevant to a clan’s day-to-day activities.
The reason I’m not posting this in the Academia section: I’m really not looking to hold a survey with lots of candidates, I want to have an open discussion with anybody involved in clan management.
If you think this topic is still unsuited for this forum, I’m willing to open this topic up to anybody. The main subject would be: Do you think that Runescape teaches you certain skills that come to good use in the offline world? Do you/should clan leaders consciously invest time in expanding their knowledge about leadership? Do you think there are similarities between leading a clan and managing offline? If so how, and which skills does it require?
I think that makes it super relevant for this forum.
In the end, however, the goal remains to also have a discussion in private.
@Moderators, please let me know if anything should be changed or moved.
Do you like Runescape? Great! Are you in a clan? Even better! Please continue reading.
I’m Christophe, a master’s student Corporate Communications at KU Leuven, Belgium.
The reason I’m posting here is that I’m doing research about leadership for my thesis. I’m researching a relation between the transmissibility of online-leadership skills (i.e. Runescape clan leadership) and offline leadership skills.
This is where I need your help! Since I’m doing explorative and qualitative research, I will be needing to interview several (ex-)clan leaders. I’m looking for anybody who is currently or was ever in a clan with a leading/managing role, preferably top-level. The clans can reside in EOC or OS. It also doesn’t matter if there are level requirements or whether the clan is PVP or PVM. The important thing is that the clan is, or at a certain point was, active.
I’m looking for anybody willing to comment on this topic in any way, so please don’t hesitate to comment or refer people. It is important to note that all granted personal information is confidential and will only be made public as an anonymous source. You can also help by referring me to relevant research or even by just listing clans or people you know of that would be interested in this kind of thing. I’m open to any kind of interaction for a first light talk about the topic in general: Ingame chat, IRC, emailing, forum messaging, Skype/TS, … or we can just do some fishing or woodcutting and talk in the meanwhile!
Thanks for your interest!
Christophe
IGN: Sir Eerdt
*I will be checking this topic once or twice a day and will respond as soon as possible.
*I hope I am abiding by the Clan Discussion Rules here. Possible issues I can see:
IX. No More asking for Information About any Clan.
I’m not asking for specific information about anybody, rather, I’m looking for leaders to gather a deeper insight in clan leadership. This can be done anonymously if this is prefered.
I believe this discussion is relevant for anybody to reflect on the mechanics of clan management, which makes it relevant to a clan’s day-to-day activities.
The reason I’m not posting this in the Academia section: I’m really not looking to hold a survey with lots of candidates, I want to have an open discussion with anybody involved in clan management.
If you think this topic is still unsuited for this forum, I’m willing to open this topic up to anybody. The main subject would be: Do you think that Runescape teaches you certain skills that come to good use in the offline world? Do you/should clan leaders consciously invest time in expanding their knowledge about leadership? Do you think there are similarities between leading a clan and managing offline? If so how, and which skills does it require?
I think that makes it super relevant for this forum.
In the end, however, the goal remains to also have a discussion in private.
@Moderators, please let me know if anything should be changed or moved.