Qualitative Research: An Introduction to Methods and Designs

Key Ideas

• Grounded theory methods consist of strategies that shape data collection and analysis for the purpose of constructing theories of the studied phenomenon.
• These strategies are flexible guidelines that researchers can use to fit their research objectives and specific topic.
• Grounded theory methods are particularly helpful for studying individual, social, and organizational processes as well as research participants' actions and meanings.
• Grounded theory research is an iterative process in which data collection and analysis occur simultaneously, with each informing the other.
• The approach taken here emphasizes constructivist grounded theory, a contemporary version of Glaser and Strauss's original statement (1967), which views both data ...