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Grounded theory is one of the most important intellectual developments in academic research. Prior to the seminal work in grounded theory in the 1960s the essence of academic research in the social sciences had not been particularly well articulated. Of course, some important work had already been done but it had been by particularly gifted individuals who, for whatever reason, were able to make use of their visceral understanding of the subject. The famous work by Glasser and Strauss put social science research under the microscope and in so doing it provided the academic community with a language set that gave many more people a much better opportunity to fully understand the nature of research.I believe that every academic researcher should know about Grounded theory as that will allow them to have a much more thorough understanding of what they are doing.There is a useful glossary at the end of this textbook.Readers of this book have my best wishes in achieving their objectives through their work with academic research.

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Date de parution	16 août 2022
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EAN13	9781776413416
Langue	English
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Grounded Theory
A Reader for Researchers,
Students, Faculty
and Others

Dan Remenyi

Grounded Theory:

A Reader for Researchers, Students, Faculty and Others

Published by UJ Press under the Hoopoe Press imprint
University of Johannesburg
Library
Auckland Park Kingsway Campus
PO Box 524
Auckland Park
2006
https://ujonlinepress.uj.ac.za/

Compilation © Dan Remenyi 2022

Chapters © Dan Remenyi 2022

Published Edition © Dan Remenyi 2022

First published 2013 by Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited

(978-1-909507-90-6)

This edition 2022

https://doi.org/10.36615/9781776413416

978-1-7764056-9-5 (Paperback)

978-1-7764134-1-6 (PDF)

Cover design: Hester Roets, UJ Graphic Design Studio

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About the author

DrDanRemenyiformerlyaVisitingProfesͲ
sorspecialisinginresearchmethodologyat
sevenuniversitiesinfourcountriesoverthe
past20years.Hecontinuestowrite,teach
andresearchinbothresearchmethodology
andthesociologyofresearch.Heconducts
seminarsontopicsrelatedtoimprovingefͲ
fectiveacademicresearchandobtainingbetterresearchresults.One
ofhisareasofspecialismisqualitativeresearchandhowitmaybe
enhancedusingaGroundedTheoryapproach.Heisontheeditorial
boardofanumberofacademicjournals.Heisalsoontheexecutive
committeesofseveralEuropeanandInternationalconferences.His
researchhasbeenpublishedinsome50peerreviewedpapersand
hehashadsome30textbookspublished.Someofhisbookshave
beentranslatedintoChinese,JapaneseandRomanian.HeholdsaB
SocSc,MBAandPhD.

Contents
Preface...........................................................................................vi
Howtousethisbook...................................................................viii
Acknowledgements.......................................................................ix
PreludeͲThinkingaboutthecentraldilemmainteachingacademic
research.................................................................................x
1WhatisGroundedTheoryandwhatdoesit
doforSocialScience?...............................................................1
1.1Introduction...........................................................................1
1.2TheSuccessofGroundedTheory..........................................2
1.3TheoryGenerationandnotTheoryTesting..........................3
1.4GroundedTheoryandInduction...........................................4
1.5Abduction..............................................................................7
1.6Dataismanddata.................................................................10
1.7AResearchProtocol.............................................................12
1.8TheoreticalSampling...........................................................13
1.9DataorTheoreticalSaturation............................................15
1.10DataandReflectionthereon...............................................16
1.11DataCoding.........................................................................18
1.12Differentapproachestocoding...........................................21
1.13Secondcyclecodingandcategories....................................23
1.14ResearchMemos.................................................................26
1.15TheoreticalSensitivity.........................................................28
1.16TheEmergenceofTheory....................................................29
1.17SubstantiveandFormalTheory...........................................33
1.18PragmatismͲtheHeartofGroundedTheory......................34
1.19APositivisticMindSet.........................................................37

1.20DifferentSchoolsofGroundedTheory................................38
1.21AcademicCredibility............................................................39
1.22SummaryandConclusion....................................................40
2TheTroublewithGroundedTheory?......................................45
2.1Methodologyeverywhere...................................................45
2.2Methodologyasamodernconcept....................................46
2.3Nouniversalcodificationofthescientificmethod..............48
2.4Anythinggoes?....................................................................50
2.5Theorisingandtheorydevelopment...................................51
2.6Preventionfromselfdeceit.................................................52
2.7Methodologyandcreativity................................................53
2.8Summaryandconclusion.....................................................56
3TheoryandTheoreticalResearch...........................................59
3.1Introduction.........................................................................61
3.2Theoryunderpinsacademicthinking..................................62
3.3Differentmeaningsoftheword‘theory’.............................63
3.4Thelimitsoftheoreticalunderstanding..............................66
3.5ResearchParadigms.............................................................67
3.6NonͲempiricalortheoreticalresearch................................69
3.7Undertakingtheoreticalresearch........................................73
3.7.1Researchquestionformulation..................................73
3.7.2Literaturereview.........................................................74
3.7.3Explainwhyatheoreticalapproachistaken..............76
3.7.4Conception,IdentificationandReflection..................76
3.7.5Theoreticalconjectureformulation............................77
3.7.6Discoursewithpeersandotherknowledgeable
individuals...................................................................79

3.7.7Theoreticalconjecturerefinementandacceptance...81
3.7.8Discussionontheimpactandimplicationsofthetheory
....................................................................................82
3.8Theevaluationofresearch..................................................82
3.9Evaluatingtheoreticalresearch...........................................83
3.10Summaryandconclusion.....................................................84
4Data?.....................................................................................87
4.1Introduction.........................................................................89
4.2Dataandmeasurement.......................................................91
4.3Theresearchcontextualisationissue..................................93
4.4Adefinitionofdata..............................................................95
4.5Dataandinference..............................................................99
4.6Sourcesofdata..................................................................102
4.7Dataintegrity.....................................................................104
4.8Moreonhardandsoftdata..............................................105
4.9Datacollection,gatheringorcreation...............................109
4.10Academeandresearchquestions.....................................111
4.11Howmuchdataisenough?...............................................112
4.12Dataandinsights...............................................................114
4.13Nodataissometimesdata................................................116
4.14Matchingresearchquestionsanddata.............................117
4.15Thequestionofaccess......................................................118
4.16Achecklistforadataacquisitionplan...............................119
4.17Summaryandconclusion...................................................121
5Pragmatism..........................................................................123
5.1Introduction.......................................................................125
5.2Knowledgeas‘copingstrategies’......................................126

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5.3Theoryandpractice...........................................................128
5.4Theliterature.....................................................................128
5.5PragmatismandPerspectivism.........................................129
5.6Differentlensandcommonalityofexperiences...............131
5.7Noappealtoahighersourceofauthority........................132
5.8Researchquestionsfrompracticalproblems....................133
5.9Theresearchprocess.........................................................134
5.10Ceterisparibus...................................................................136
5.11KnowledgeisalwaysaworkͲinͲprogress...........................138
5.12Importantareasofconcern...............................................139
5.13Apossibleparadox.............................................................142
5.14PragmatismandNeopragmatism......................................142
5.15GettinggoingasaPragmatist............................................143
5.16SummaryandConclusion..................................................144
6GroundedTheoryatWork....................................................147
6.1ParaphernaliaofGroundedTheory...................................147
6.2Theresearchquestion.......................................................149
6.3Thedataistapproach.........................................................150
6.4Formaldataanalysis..........................................................