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ON CONSTRUING A DISORDER: AN UNUSUAL CASE OF BORDERLINE
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Eugene Yamnitsky* and Devi Jankowicz** |
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*Senior Director of Product
Management, Citrix
**Visiting Professor,
Edinburgh Business School, Heriot Watt University
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Abstract
This paper
reviews the Remote administration of Repertory Grid technique in which Excel
spreadsheet and videoconferencing software with screen sharing capabilities
were utilized. The experience and quality of results of Remote and Direct administration
are compared and discussed; possible advantages of Remote over Direct
administration are examined. This approach differs from Remote computer-based
administration methods reviewed in the literature hitherto; it is hoped that
this paper will be of value to researchers who may need to adjust to the new
post-COVID-19 conditions, where Direct administration of Repertory Grid may not
be possible due to travel restriction and social distancing limitations.
Keywords: Managerial
Sensemaking, Ambidexterity, Repertory Grid, Interviews, Videoconferencing,
COVID-19. |
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About the author
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Eugene Yamnitsky is a Senior Director of Product Management
at Citrix, where he leads a portfolio of SaaS products. His past experiences include
roles in Product Management, Software Engineering, and Innovation Management. Eugene
has earned his B.Sc. in Economics in 1997 and MBA with concentration in MIS and
Finance in 2003 from The Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Recently he received
the degree of Doctor of Business Administration with focus on Managerial
Sensemaking and Organizational Ambidexterity from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
Business School. He is currently teaching Product Management at North Carolina
State University, College of Design.
Contact: eugene.yamnitsky@gmail.com
Devi Jankowicz gained a first degree in Psychology (1969)
followed by a doctorate in Management Cybernetics (1975), both from Brunel University.
He has taught Organisational Behaviour, and Research Methods, at universities
in Ireland, USA, Poland and the UK, and has contributed to management education
by developing two MBA programmes and a DBA programme prior to joining the
faculty at Edinburgh Business School where he taught on the MSC and DBA programmes,
most recently as Visiting Professor. His research interests include knowledge
transfer across cultural boundaries, the use of virtual environments in
distance learning, and applications of constructivist theory and techniques in
business and management. He has some 100 refereed publications to his credit,
including six textbooks on business research methods, one in Chinese
translation. His consultancy clients include JPL/NASA, Unilever, Rolls-Royce
(Bristol), and the Employment Service UK; he has contributed to Ministerial
briefing seminars in the UK, and acted in an EU Expert role for the Ministry of
Education in Poland.
Contact: animas@ntlworld.com
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Yamnitsky, E., Jankowicz, D. (2020). Capturing constructs in a
post-COVID world: A research note on the remote administration of repertory
grids. Personal Construct Theory & Practice, 17, 1-12
(Retrieved from https://www.pcp-net.org/journal/pctp20/yamnitsky20.pdf)
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