Continual Permutations of Misunderstanding: The Curious Incidents of the Grounded Theory Method (original) (raw)

DEALING WITH GROUNDED THEORY Discussing, Learning, and Practice

2021

This publication focusses on the practices of Grounded Theory Method (GTM). The authors embrace a diverse range of stanc es in which they try to balance creativity and procedure in their application of GTM. On the one side we see an emphasis on creativity, flexibility and openness with a focus on the agency of the researcher, while on the other side there is an emphasis on the use of procedures to reach an objective description of social reality not tainted by bias. As both elements are part of the practices of GTM, the chapters in this publication cover this wider spectrum of positions within the field of GT

Analysis of Current Grounded Theory Method Practices

2011

Use of the grounded theory research method (GTM) is increasing across many fields of inquiry. Understanding the GTM and how to apply it is therefore a key task for researchers examining the possibility of using this method in their research. Since its introduction by Glaser and Strauss in 1967, GTM has evolved into two major streams, and there has been a continual debate about the choice between them and their applicability. Examination of the extant literature reveals significant problems in applying GTM. In this paper, we take a first step in the quest for identifying current GTM practices and providing more effective procedures for conducting GTM research. To achieve our goal we start by analysing and identifying a number of difficulties encountered by researchers who have used GTM. We then examine and present ways in which they have resolved and addressed the problems.

The challenges of grounded theory

Nurse researcher, 2014

EPISTEMOLOGICAL, AESTHETIC, ethical and procedural concerns overlap and appear to clamour for attention to be paid to them in the various contexts in which research takes place. This 'family' approach raises a fairly generic view of qualitative research in which the similarities are considered to be more important than the differences. Appropriateness of method is therefore an acceptable focus; or perhaps 'flight from method' (Holloway 2005 p91) determines the conceptual tools used to make such 'stylistic' (Brewer 2000) choices. One such tool is described as 'progressive focusing', which would develop the content and substance of the data elaboration in Constructivist Grounded Theory (CGT). A further contention of Grounded Theory (GT), as discussed by Rintala et al (2014), is the constant comparison of data while collection and analysis continues, before data are combined for analysis by the acceptable methods.

What Grounded Theory Is…A Critically Reflective Conversation Among Scholars

Organizational Research Methods, 2015

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Challenges When Using Grounded Theory

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

The grounded theory (GT) method is widely applied, yet frequently misunderstood. We outline the main variants of GT and dispel the most common myths associated with GT. We argue that the different variants of GT incorporate a core set of shared procedures that can be put to work by any researcher or team from their chosen ontological and epistemological perspective. This “shared core” of the GT method is articulated as the principles of (1) taking the word “grounded” seriously, (2) capturing and explaining context-related social processes, (3) pursuing theory through engagement with data, and (4) pursuing theory through theoretical sampling. In this article, we have put forward, in a nutshell, a distillation of core principles underpinning existing GT approaches that can aid further engagement with the different variants of GT. We are motivated by the wish to make GT more comprehensible and accessible, especially for researchers who are new to the method.