I’m just trying to determine the objective to applying ontology to design in general and to your design research itself.
To the research, you stated you are interested in how the nurses see themselves partaking in the research. I am trying to see how this differs from the Hawthorne effect and what impact that creates on the outcomes of the research. If it is the same, fine, but if it differs, I am interested in that difference.
To design in general, same thing. Is ontology something beyond behavior change? And again, if no, fine. If yes, how do the two differ?
Which makes an interesting circular effect in that design changes behavior in which you will need to design to the new behavior, etc, etc.