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Use of the Repertory Grid in Career Counseling
Author(s) -
Brook Judith A.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
the career development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.846
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 2161-0045
pISSN - 0889-4019
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-0045.1992.tb00356.x
Subject(s) - repertory grid , personal construct theory , career counseling , grid , psychology , frame (networking) , cognitive information processing , work (physics) , applied psychology , social psychology , career development , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering , telecommunications , geometry , mathematics
This article discusses the application of repertory grid technique to career counseling. The clients supplied and rated jobs, work or nonwork roles, on a series of individually selected personal constructs, elicited by noting similarities and differences between elements. Results obtained allowed clients to explore personal meanings attributed to the jobs or roles by examining the relationships between elements and constructs. The flexible, comprehensive, and highly individualized nature of repertory grid technique makes it possible for the counselor to enter more readily into the client's frame of reference and assists the client to make sense of past and present experiences as a basis for future career planning and decision making.