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- Title
Mapping the Researcher's Identity in the University Context: Dimensions of Personal Constructs.
- Authors
Pipere, Anita
- Abstract
The article reflects upon the self-construction of researcher's essential, imposed and imagined identity in the social context of the university. The research questions involved the content of the essential researcher's identity, variations in researcher's identity as a result of research experience and status, as well as the attitude of participants towards the self as a researcher. Drawing on the Theory of Personal Constructs, master's students in Psychology (n=20) and Pedagogy (n=24), doctoral students in Pedagogy (n=14), and university researchers (n=12) were asked to fill out the repertory grid about themselves as researchers. The elements elicited, constructs and evaluations were subjected to content analysis with frequency counts, in combination with correlation analysis. The results revealed the externally, formally and intellectually oriented essential identity of researchers and showed that experience and status modify the imposed identity of the researcher, while imagined identity accords with essential and imposed forms of researcher's identity.
- Subjects
PROFESSIONAL identity; PERSONAL construct theory; REPERTORY grid technique; DOCTORAL students; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Baltic Journal of Psychology, 2007, Vol 8, Issue 1/2, p21
- ISSN
1407-768X
- Publication type
Article