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What is Personal Construct Theory

Chapter 28
Handbook of Research on Contemporary Theoretical Models in Information Systems
A theory developed by George Kelly (1955) which focuses on how individuals make sense of the experiences, events, and people in their world, and how these constructions are tested against reality.
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Personal Construct Theory
Peter Caputi (University of Wollongong, Australia), M. Gordon Hunter (University of Lethbridge, Canada), and Felix B. Tan (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-659-4.ch028
Abstract
The development of any discipline is related to the strength of its underpinning theoretical base. Wellestablished disciplines have a diversity of clearly stated and competing theoretical frameworks to describe and explain theoretical constructs. Information systems (IS) is a relatively new discipline; many well-known IS theories (such as the technology acceptance model, theory of reasoned action and theory of planned behaviour) are borrowed from disciplines such as economics and psychology. This chapter outlines personal construct psychology, a psychological theory. Current applications of methodologies based in personal construct theory are discussed, and the positioning of the theory within a broader taxonomy of IS theory is explored.
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