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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Repertory Grid Technique"”.
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Generation Z employees' construal of workplace leadership: an application of the repertory grid technique
… construe organisational leadership. The Repertory Grid Technique (RGT) was used as a part of structured interviews with sixteen Gen Z employees (N = 16). In addition to thematic analysis, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) is utilised to explore nuanced patterns in the data, going beyond …
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Application of repertory grid technique to explore perceptions of expertise held by those working within the profession of conductive education
… is undertaken in two main phases. In the first, Repertory Grid Technique (RGT), as a research method associated with PCT (Hagans, Neimeyer, Goodholm, 2000), is used to interview 20 Conductors working in the UK. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) is used to construct a quantitative analysis of …
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The psychological implications of surviving testicular cancer : impact on body image, sexuality and masculinity
… men at four different stages post-illness. Repertory grid technique was utilised for data collection purposes, which combined qualitative and quantitative methods. Semi-structured interviews (n = 10) were analysed using content analysis, which formed the basis of a generic repertory grid. …
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Problem structuring: a personal construct theory perspective
… method. The method developed uses Kelly's repertory grid technique in a particular form that is modified for the specific needs of problem structuring in groups. A computer software developed particularly for this method is used interactively in elicitation of personal constructs and their …
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An application of personal construct theory to a study of retail sales person effectiveness
… without bias from the researcher. By using the Repertory Grid technique developed by Kelly for the measurement of personal constructs, the results can be quantified, thus also satisfying the objectivist requirements. It is for this reason that Personal Construct Theory and the Repertory Grid …
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Understanding the risk in South African construction projects - a case of the Western Cape
… the Western Cape from a perspective, using the Repertory Grid Analysis Technique (RGT) methodology. The results of the RGT were then analysed against the preceding literature to draw inferences and conclusions. Findings: This study has provided insight to the risks that hinder the realisation of …
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An investigation of adolescent constructs of stress and academic achievement /
… utilised a modified version of George Kelly's Repertory Grid Technique to provide direct insight into adolescent stress and academic achievement. The premise of the study was that only students who exhibited extreme cases of stress and academic achievement levels would be examined. The …
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Eliciting Visualization Attitudes with Repertory Grids
… of their sociocultural group, by adapting the repertory grid technique from clinical psychology, to the context of data visualization. I demonstrate the effectiveness of this mixed methods approach by eliciting both the attitudes towards a visualization most salient to an individual, and the …
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An Activity Based Workspace Project: A study to explore how actual user behaviour reflects original design intention
… benchmark of how workspace impacts users. The repertory grid technique, an innovative method within workplace research, was used to enable individuals to share their tacit thoughts and meanings explicitly, enhancing the understanding of the congruency between the original design intentions and …
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Understanding how qualifying-year accounting students construe potential employers when making employer-choice decisions
… when making employer-choice decisions. Kelly's Repertory Grid technique was employed during structured interviews with twelve (N = 12) PGDA students. Perceptions about potential accounting employers varied across the participants. Investec and Nedbank, both of which are Banks, were construed …
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An Investigation into Digital Media: Characteristics of Learning Objects which K-12 Teachers Determine Meet their Instructional Needs
… learning objects were interviewed using the Repertory Grid Technique. This technique is used to elicit personal constructs. In this study, a representative group of learning objects were examined to elicit constructs or characteristics about learning objects with regard to instructional use. …
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The meaning and impact of assessment feedback for students in higher education.
… depth. Level three students were interviewed. Repertory grid technique was also used. Findings support a view of feedback as a complex and problematic form of communication. Moreover, they suggest that the ways in which students make sense of, and respond to feedback is mediated by the social …
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Developing consensus on what constitutes 'success' following upper limb loss rehabilitation
… literature on ULA, two case studies using the repertory grid technique (RGT) was undertaken with two prosthesis users in order to understand the unique requirements that upper limb prosthetic users may have. Following this, eleven interviews were conducted with Rehabilitation Professionals …
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Evaluating the impact of "Consent and capacity: everyday decision-making in long-term care" on staff critical thinking disposition.
… to measure CTD pre and post-C&C ED in LTC. The Repertory Grid Technique (RGT) was also used to triangulate the findings. There were 53 multidisciplinary staff participants from Lakeview Manor, a LTC facility in Beaverton, Ontario. The findings indicated that C&C ED in LTC may have had a positive …
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Perspectives on the management of customer/supplier relationships in a business-to-business, capital goods environment.
… has been developed by extensive use of the Repertory Grid Technique. The thesis reports on two applications of this method, each a year apart, and on the ameliorating interventions made in the intervening period. These interventions were facilitated by the application of a key account …
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The meaning of caring interpersonal relationships in nursing
… participants. In the first part of the study the repertory grid technique was used to structure interviews with 25 experienced nurses. Personal constructs were elicited and rated during the interviews. Six major themes emerged from a content analysis of the constructs. These were: personal …
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Trait Emotional Intelligence: Evaluating the theoretical construct, its relationship to other psychological variables, and potential interventions to enhance it.
… a series of studies. The initial study used the Repertory Grid Technique (RGT) and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to generate a definition of EI, which directed this thesis towards alignment with the trait approach. The second study aimed to identify correlations and explore possible …
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Personal Constructs in Dementia Caregiving: The Family Caregiving Experience of People Living with Dementia in Saudi Arabia
… and the construct of caregiver burden using the repertory grid technique and laddering procedure—the two constructivist methods derived from personal construct theory—to identify culturally sensitive items of the scale in the target cultural context of Saudi Arabia. Alongside the conceptual and …
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Towards an evidence-based investigation framework for human trafficking crimes
… process. Finally, Study 3 through use of the repertory grid technique methodology, examines multi-agency collaborations (an element that was found to be crucial to effective investigations in the prior two studies of the thesis) when investigating HT. This third study identifies the areas of …
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Identifying and changing attitudes toward palliative care: an exploratory study
… and the carers of both of these groups (n=35). Repertory grids (n=12) were also used to explore and compare participants’ constructs of palliative care. Thematic analysis of the interview data revealed four key themes and associated subthemes that described patients’ and carers’ attitudes toward …
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