Using Grounded Theory in the Organizations and Management Field : The Flexibility of Interweaving the Strands / Zuberia Aminah Hosanoo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hosanoo, Zuberia Aminah, author.

Doargajudhur, Melina, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grounded theory.

Grounded theory--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2025.

Summary:

This case is developed for early-career researchers and reflects on the inductive grounded theory journey for the fulfillment of the author's Doctor of Philosophy. Novice researchers, such as PhD students, can feel overwhelmed by the apparent complexity of the grounded theory (GT) methodology, which has three main strands stemming from different philosophical stances. The continuous inner debates on when and the extent to which to engage with the existing literature are daunting. Researchers employing the GT method face the issue of when to get in touch with the scholarship and what is the minimal accurate knowledge needed prior to the start of a study. Drawing on the author's experience using GT, the aim is achieved by exploring the three main variants of the methodology and stressing how the author positioned herself regarding the encounter with the literature and mixing the strands. This case study further clarifies the doubts on the role of the literature in a grounded theory research to provide novice researchers with some practical advice on the usefulness of the review of the literature in a grounded theory. This case study unveils how having an initial knowledge promotes the reflexivity of a grounded theorist, which increases the validity of the results of the GT research. I further detail a three-staged coding process--open, axial, and selective--that was followed to develop a theoretical framework on the core category of web of ties while stressing the limitations of using qualitative data analysis software.

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ISBN:

1-03-621637-3

9781036216375

OCLC:

1523169623