George Alexander Kelly: The Man and His Theory

Fransella, Fay; Neimeyer, Robert A.

doi:10.1002/0470013370.ch2

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“…Reacting against the dominant theoretical perspectives of his day, behaviorism and psychoanalysis, Kelly sought to develop a more humane alternative that he believed did not deprive human beings of their capacity to make decisions and be in charge of their own lives (Fransella & Neimeyer, 2003). Guided by a philosophy of constructive alternativism, Kelly asserted that in any situation people need not be constrained or limited to a particular way of construing "reality."…”

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The efficacy of personal construct therapy: A comprehensive review

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Prior narrative and quantitative reviews have suggested that personal construct therapy (PCT) is an efficacious and viable form of treatment. However, these reviews failed to include all published, controlled PCT outcome studies and did not account for all measures of outcome. The present quantitative review, therefore, offers a comprehensive integration of the 22 published studies that compare PCT to a control group, examining its overall efficacy at posttest and follow-up as well as its effects for different types of outcome measures. Overall, the efficacy of PCT was found to be somewhat weaker than that reported in previous reviews. It was also found that traditional self-report and behavioral observation measures tended to yield larger effects compared to measures that focused on personal meanings and scored content supplied by the client.

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“…Fassin et al (2009Fassin et al ( , 2011 chose to explore managers' mental models regarding CSR and related concepts by utilising Repertory Grid Technique (RGT), which is based on Kelly's Personal Construct theory (Kelly 1955), as a novel approach to studying CSR cognition. RGT is a creative and flexible set of methods (Fransella and Neimeyer 2003) that seeks to elicit people's implicit mental models they hold with regards to a specific topic (Fransella et al 2004, p. 3), in our case, CSR concepts. RGT formalises people's outlook on the world and allows data that can be both qualitatively and quantitatively analysed (Fransella et al 2004).…”

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CSR and Related Terms in SME Owner–Managers’ Mental Models in Six European Countries: National Context Matters

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As a contribution to the emerging field of corporate social responsibility (CSR) cognition, this article reports on the findings of an exploratory study that compares SME owner-managers' mental models with regard to CSR and related concepts across six European countries (Belgium, Italy, Norway, France, UK, Spain). Utilising Repertory Grid Technique, we found that the SME ownermanagers' mental models show a few commonalities as well as a number of differences across the different country samples. We interpret those differences by linking individual cognition to macro-environmental variables, such as language, national traditions and dissemination mechanisms. The results of our exploratory study show that nationality matters but that classifications of countries as found in the comparative capitalism literature do not exactly mirror national differences in CSR cognition and that these classifications need further differentiation. The findings from our study raise questions on the universality of cognition of academic management concepts and warn that promotion of responsible business practice should not rely on the use of unmediated US American management terminology.

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“…The psychology of personal constructs honors people as knowing individuals, selfinventors and interpreters of their world (Bannister & Fransella, 1971;Beail, 1985;Fransella, 1995Fransella, , 2005Fransella, Bell, & Bannister, 2003;Jankowicz, 2003;Pope & Shaw, 1981;Shaw, 1980). Most applications of personal construct theory are in the area of psychotherapy.…”

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