The Use of the Repertory Grid for Collaboration and Reflection in a Research Context

被引:9
作者
Alexander, Patricia [1 ]
van Loggerenberg, Johan [1 ]
Lotriet, Hugo [1 ]
Phahlamohlaka, Jackie [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Pretoria, Dept Informat, ZA-0083 Pretoria, South Africa
[2] CSIR, ZA-0001 Pretoria, South Africa
关键词
Repertory grid; Personal constructs; Information Systems research methodology; Collaboration; Qualitative research; GROUP DECISION; SYSTEMS; CONSTRUCTS;
D O I
10.1007/s10726-008-9132-z
中图分类号
C93 [管理学];
学科分类号
12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;
摘要
The Repertory Grid (RepGrid) technique has been used extensively in Management Sciences research, including Information Systems research, in order to reveal the personal views of individual research subjects regarding the issue being studied. These individual constructs are then used to propose criteria for success amongst other things. This paper uses a distinctly different form of RepGrid, renamed a Reflection Grid, as a collaboration tool. Members of a research team use this new technique to probe their individual understanding of what happened and what was achieved during a research event and then to share these insights. Hence, not only is the application new (reflection and construction of shared meaning rather than the analysis and synthesis of personal constructs) but the original grid technique has evolved.
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页码:479 / 504
页数:26
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