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

Patricia Alexander (), Johan Loggerenberg, Hugo Lotriet and Jackie Phahlamohlaka ()
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Patricia Alexander: University of Pretoria
Johan Loggerenberg: University of Pretoria
Hugo Lotriet: University of Pretoria
Jackie Phahlamohlaka: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

Group Decision and Negotiation, 2010, vol. 19, issue 5, No 5, 479-504

Abstract: Abstract 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.

Keywords: Repertory grid; Personal constructs; Information Systems research methodology; Collaboration; Qualitative research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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