WHAT CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE RESEARCH? A CASE STUDY

Abstract

The aim of this study is to elicit from staff members and from postgraduate students their personal constructs of research effectiveness. Based on Kelly's Personal Construct Theory, the repertory grid technique was used to elicit, analyse, discuss, and negotiate individual and group constructs of research with the result of arriving at a greater group consensus and a clearer picture of shared criteria for research effectiveness.

Notes

*The author wishes to thank the staff and students of the Hochschuldidaktisches Zentrum who contributed to this study by completing the grid form, discussing the results, reflecting on the relevance and usefulness of the study, and by checking the draft paper for verification. He also wishes to thank Dr. Pat Diamond and Dr. Maureen Pope for commenting on his first draft.

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Notes on contributors

Ortrun Zuber‐Skerritt*

*The author wishes to thank the staff and students of the Hochschuldidaktisches Zentrum who contributed to this study by completing the grid form, discussing the results, reflecting on the relevance and usefulness of the study, and by checking the draft paper for verification. He also wishes to thank Dr. Pat Diamond and Dr. Maureen Pope for commenting on his first draft.