The SAGE Handbook of Grounded Theory: Paperback EditionGrounded Theory is by far the most widely used research method across a wide range of disciplines and subject areas, including social sciences, nursing and healthcare, medical sociology, information systems, psychology, and anthropology. This handbook gives a comprehensive overview of the theory and practice of Grounded Theory, taking into account the many attempts to revise and refine Glaser and Strauss′ original formulation and the debates that have followed. Antony Bryant & Kathy Charmaz bring together leading researchers and practitioners of the method from the US, the UK, Australia and Europe to represent all the major standpoints within Grounded Theory, demonstrating the richness of the approach. The contributions cover a wide range of perspectives on the method, covering its features and ramifications, its intricacies in use, its demands on the skills and capabilities of the researcher and its position in the domain of research methods. The SAGE Handbook of Grounded Theory is an indispensable reference source for academics and researchers across many disciplines who want to develop their understanding of the Grounded Theory method. |
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As a reader, this book probably presents the richest concentration on Grounded Theory thought in existence. Its target market is people with a genuine, rather than casual, interest in Grounded Theory. It handles the evolution of the method very capably and is up front in its consideration of the divergences in its application following Glaser and Strauss' joint work in the 1960s. Each of the papers is also strongly referenced. People seeking explicit guidance of a `how to' nature may need to look elsewhere or more likely with Grounded Theory, do the reading and work out the answer for themselves. Review submitted by Dr Simon Haslam, on behalf of the Social Research Association (SRA)
Essential reading for students using Grounded Theory Method. A collection of authoritative writers on a variety of topics. Writers who are leading researchers and practitioners of the method from all over the world contribute to this handbook.
Contents
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The Legacy of Multiple Mentors | 58 |
Cognitive and Emotional Forms of Pragmatism | 75 |
PART II Grounded Theory Method and Formal Grounded Theory | 95 |
4 Doing Formal Theory | 97 |
Essential Properties for Growing Grounded Theory | 114 |
15 Teaching Grounded Theory | 311 |
The Case of the Information Systems Discipline | 339 |
PART V Grounded Theory in the Research Methods Context | 361 |
17 Grounded Theorizing Using Situational Analysis | 363 |
18 What Can Grounded Theorists and Action Researchers Learn | 398 |
Complexities Criticisms and Opportunities | 417 |
20 Accommodating Critical Theory | 436 |
21 Grounded Theory and the Politics of Interpretation | 454 |
The Continuing Evolution of Grounded Formal Theory | 127 |
The Defining Traits of Grounded Theory | 151 |
PART III Grounded Theory in Practice | 165 |
8 Grounding Categories | 167 |
Different Approaches in Grounded Theory | 191 |
The Logic of Discovery of Grounded Theory | 214 |
11 Sampling in Grounded Theory | 229 |
Memo Writing in the Grounded Theory Tradition | 245 |
13 The Coding Process and Its Challenges | 265 |
PART IV Practicalities | 291 |
14 Making Teams Work in Conducting Grounded Theory | 293 |
22 Grounded Theory and RacialEthnic Diversity | 472 |
23 Advancing Ethnographic Research through Grounded Theory Practice | 493 |
PART VI Grounded Theory in the Context of the Social Sciences | 513 |
24 Grounded Theory and Reflexivity | 515 |
25 Mediating Structure and Interaction in Grounded Theory | 539 |
Dualthinking Modes as Necessary Tension in Grounded Theorizing | 565 |
The Pragmatist Roots of Empiricallygrounded Theorizing | 580 |
Discursive Glossary of Terms | 603 |
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