Grounded theory for qualitative research : a practical guide / Cathy Urquhart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Urquhart, Cathy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Research--Methodology.

Social sciences.

Grounded theory.

Qualitative research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles, Calif. ; London : SAGE, [2013]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"Based on the author's own wealth of experience this timely, engaging book helps first-time researchers to discover the excitement of grounded theory method. Fresh, innovative and clear, this book traces the history and development of grounded theory method, and examines how the method is evolving for new contexts today. It sets out the principles involved in using grounded theory method and explains the process and theory associated with coding in grounded theory. The book introduces us to the practicalities of research design, theory building, coding and writing up and gives us the tools to tackle key questions: What is grounded theory? ; How do we code and theorize using grounded theory? ; How do we write up a grounded theory study?. This is an exciting new text for students and researchers across the social sciences who want to use grounded theory method."--Publisher's website.

Contents:

chapter 1. Introduction

chapter 2. Grounded Theory Method (GTM)

chapter 3. Getting started with coding

chapter 4. Research design using GTM

chapter 5. Coding and conceptualising

chapter 6. Building the theory

chapter 7. Scaling up the theory

chapter 8. Writing up a grounded theory study

chapter 9. The contribution of GTM - some reflections.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-200) and index.

Description based on MARC record for print version.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781526402196

OCLC:

980878247

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.