Grounded Theory and Grounded Theorizing

The grounded theory method is founded on a view of analysis whereby the research questions and potential hypotheses are not articulated at the outset; rather, the researcher initially seeks to gain familiarity with a research context, and only in later stages does the process become progressively more focused and targeted. As such, the grounded theory method uses familiar research tools and techniques (coding, sampling, classification) but in distinctive and innovative ways. As a result, the method is one of the most widely used-if not the most widely used-method in current qualitative research. Initially aimed at the social sciences, the grounded theory method has now spread so far that it can be found in almost any subject area or discipline in which people are observed or interviewed as participants.In Grounded Theory and Grounded Theorizing: Pragmatism in Research Practice, author Antony Bryant illustrates the key features of grounded theory method by showcasing examples from several of his most successful doctoral students. In this accessible volume, Bryant provides expert guidance on the use of grounded theory method in qualitative research by emphasizing and illustrating the essential features and background of the method for readers and researchers of all levels and competencies.

Introduction: Not Another Book on Grounded TheoryPart I: Research and Research Methods1. Why (do) Research?2. Research MethodsPart II: The Grounded Theory Method: Background and Overview3. 1967 And All That4. The Grounded Theory Method: An OverviewPart III: Grounded Theorizing5. Coding: Terminology and Clarification6. A Coding Exercise7. An Abbreviated Example: Research Pitching8. Process and Procedure: Getting Started and Moving Forwards9. Coding Strategies: Tales From the Front-line10. Reflecting and Recording: Memoing and Reflective Research Practice11. Moving On: Later Sampling, Coding and Analyzing12. Getting to an End-point: Theoretical Saturation13. Abduction: No Longer an Alien ConceptPart IV: Themes and Variations14. A Grounded Theory of Grounded Theory Journal Papers15. Another View of GTM: Another Way of Modelling16. It's All in the Big Data: Data, Big Data, and GTM17. GTM and Pragmatism: Instrumental Theorizing18. GTM as a Guide to Good Research Practice19. Four Accounts of Grounded Theorizing20. The Survival of the Grounded Theorist