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Mary A. Burke - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • CIVR - Personal Construct Theory as a Research Tool for Analysing User Perceptions of Photographs
    Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2002
    Co-Authors: Mary A. Burke
    Abstract:

    This paper describes a preliminary research project which applies Personal Construct Theory to individual user perceptions of photographs. The background to Personal Construct Theory and to the use of Repertory Grids is presented. The analysis provided by repertory grids is compared with that from various theoretical and practical approaches to indexing visual images, including 'ofness' and 'aboutness', facet analysis, iconology and MPEG7. A high level of consistency is found among the Personal Constructs which participants use to distinguish between photographs. The research concludes that repertory grids provide a useful method of collecting unbiased data about what users see in visual images and for comparing user perceptions with alternative retrieval vocabularies and methods. Incorporation of a participant's Constructs in automatic classification systems for visual images remains a major challenge.

Melanie E Brewster - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Mark Lycett - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Understanding the relationship between business and IT groups: a Personal Construct Theory approach
    International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations, 2006
    Co-Authors: Senaka Fernando, Mark Lycett, Sergio De Cesare
    Abstract:

    The relationship between business and Information Technology (IT) groups in organisations has consistently ranked as an important concern among business and IT managers. As a result, several researchers have investigated the means of improving the business/IT relationship. They focus on behaviours of business and IT groups and attempt to develop change management programmes as a vehicle for obtaining desired behaviours from business and IT groups in order to improve the 'relationship'. However, research shows that such attempts have a low success rate in attaining an effective 'relationship'. This paper argues that the reason for this is that most researchers tend to focus on behaviours of people without an in-depth understanding of their cognition, which influences those behaviours. Consequently, the paper proposes a cognitive approach and explores the application of Personal Construct Theory (PCT) to understand the 'relationship' and means to improve it.

  • AMCIS - Understanding the Relationship between Business and IT Groups: A Personal Construct Theory Approach.
    2006
    Co-Authors: Senaka Fernando, Mark Lycett, Sergio De Cesare
    Abstract:

    The relationship between business and Information Technology (IT) groups in organisations has consistently ranked as an important concern among business and IT managers. As a result, several researchers have investigated the means of improving the business/IT relationship. They focus on behaviours of business and IT groups and attempt to develop change management programmes as a vehicle for obtaining desired behaviours from business and IT groups in order to improve the 'relationship'. However, research shows that such attempts have a low success rate in attaining an effective 'relationship'. This paper argues that the reason for this is that most researchers tend to focus on behaviours of people without an in-depth understanding of their cognition, which influences those behaviours. Consequently, the paper proposes a cognitive approach and explores the application of Personal Construct Theory (PCT) to understand the 'relationship' and means to improve it.

  • change management the contribution of Personal Construct Theory pct
    European Conference on Information Systems, 2004
    Co-Authors: Laurence Brooks, Christopher J Davis, Mark Lycett
    Abstract:

    This paper explores the use of two complementary approaches, each stemming from Personal Construct Theory (PCT), to investigate the interdependence of organizations and information systems. Two techniques Repertory Grid Analysis (RGA) and Cognitive Mapping (CM) are used to investigate the dynamics of this interaction. Changing business models and information technologies were investigated in two distinct work settings: the techniques contributed substantial insight into the role of information systems in each case. Our analysis shows that the techniques have matured to a stage where they provide a basis for improved understanding of the organizational complexities related to information technologies. The techniques focus on the social Construction of meaning by articulating and interpreting the discourse that surrounds the development, implementation and use of information technology in organizations. The research to date has articulated and improved awareness of the issues and concerns that surround IT. Despite the differing contexts and work processes, our findings in each case suggest that this has made managers more conceptually agile, leading to improved integration of organisational processes and technology in each case. The complementarity of the findings from the two settings and their analytic generalisability is explored in the concluding sections of the paper where we identify a promising avenue for extending this research into the complex relationship between information systems and organizations using PCT.

  • ECIS - Change Management: The Contribution of Personal Construct Theory (PCT)
    2004
    Co-Authors: Laurence Brooks, Christopher J Davis, Mark Lycett
    Abstract:

    This paper explores the use of two complementary approaches, each stemming from Personal Construct Theory (PCT), to investigate the interdependence of organizations and information systems. Two techniques Repertory Grid Analysis (RGA) and Cognitive Mapping (CM) are used to investigate the dynamics of this interaction. Changing business models and information technologies were investigated in two distinct work settings: the techniques contributed substantial insight into the role of information systems in each case. Our analysis shows that the techniques have matured to a stage where they provide a basis for improved understanding of the organizational complexities related to information technologies. The techniques focus on the social Construction of meaning by articulating and interpreting the discourse that surrounds the development, implementation and use of information technology in organizations. The research to date has articulated and improved awareness of the issues and concerns that surround IT. Despite the differing contexts and work processes, our findings in each case suggest that this has made managers more conceptually agile, leading to improved integration of organisational processes and technology in each case. The complementarity of the findings from the two settings and their analytic generalisability is explored in the concluding sections of the paper where we identify a promising avenue for extending this research into the complex relationship between information systems and organizations using PCT.

Miguel A. Laguna - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • RE - Eliciting Non-Functional Requirements Interactions Using the Personal Construct Theory
    14th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE'06), 2006
    Co-Authors: Bruno González-baixauli, J.c. Sampaio Do Prado Leite, Miguel A. Laguna
    Abstract:

    Complex goal oriented information models such as i* and the Non Functional Requirements Framework bring up the need to model relationships between goals. In particular when dealing with non-functional goals, also known as softgoals, the modeler faces the problem of how to elicit the complex web of intertwined relationships that exist between them. We tackle this problem by using the Personal Construct Theory (PCT), a well known work in cognitive science. We describe the results of applying PCT to the problem of finding relationships between nonfunctional goals. The process is a heuristic one, and our results, so far, are positive.

  • Applying Personal Construct Theory to Requirements Elicitation
    IEEE Latin America Transactions, 2005
    Co-Authors: Bruno González-baixauli, Miguel A. Laguna, J.c.s. Do Prado Leite
    Abstract:

    One of the main approaches to Requirements Engineering is Goal-Oriented Requirement Engineering. This approach, based in Artificial Intelligence models, argues that goals are a natural and high level abstraction concept to elicit and represent requirements. Another advantage of goals is that they help non-functional requirements representation and reasoning. Although the goal oriented approach helps in representation and analysis, the problem of eliciting goals and their refinement is not trivial. In this article, we explore several applications to goal elicitation using a psychological Theory: the Personal Construct Theory (PCT). This Theory, stated by Kelly in 1955, can be used to elicit goals and their relationships. The choice of this Theory is based in that it has a statistical base, therefore it is more precise and user independent than others. Finally, PCT can be amenable to automation by means of the Repertory Grid technique, widely studied in the Knowledge eliciting field.

Bonnie Moradi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • disarming the threat to feminist identification an application of Personal Construct Theory to measurement and intervention
    Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2012
    Co-Authors: Bonnie Moradi, Annelise Martin, Melanie E Brewster
    Abstract:

    Many individuals endorse feminist values but do not identify as feminist. The present set of studies tests the concept of threat, grounded in G. A. Kelly’s Personal Construct Theory of Personality,...

  • Threat and Guilt Aspects of Internalized Antilesbian and Gay Prejudice: An Application of Personal Construct Theory
    Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2009
    Co-Authors: Bonnie Moradi, Jacob J. Van Den Berg, Franz R. Epting
    Abstract:

    Building on G. A. Kelly’s (1991a, 1991b) Personal Construct Theory, this study introduced concepts of threat and guilt as different manifestations of internalized antilesbian and gay prejudice. Results with 102 lesbian and gay participants indicated that internalized threat and guilt each accounted for unique variance in global internalized antilesbian and gay prejudice. Also, as expected, internalized threat was associated uniquely with lower preference for lesbian or gay sexual orientation, whereas internalized guilt was associated uniquely with lesbian and gay identity denigration. Finally, threat partially mediated the relations of internalized antilesbian and gay prejudice with intraPersonal identity stresses (i.e., identity confusion, difficulty of identity formation process), whereas guilt partially mediated the relations of internalized antilesbian and gay prejudice with interPersonal identity stresses (i.e., maintaining privacy, discomfort with disclosure).