Sally Holland

I am currently undertaking a PhD in positive adaption to change.

Utilising the repertory grid technique, interviews will be undertaken with academics in a higher education institution to identify the protective and promotive factors utilised by individuals when faced with change.  The bi-polar constructs produced by the repertory grid interviews will identify both the positive and negative factors utilised by individuals to adapt to change. These factors will then be correlated to previous research on authentic behaviours to verify whether there are similarities between positive adaptation and authentic behaviours. An ideology for advocating psychological resilience will be drawn from the thematic analysis of the repertory grids. A further round of repertory grid interviews undertaken in another work place setting will hope to verify whether the outcomes of the initial research can be substantiated in another work place setting.