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Based on the author Cathy Urquhart'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. Grounded Theory for Qualitative Research 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.
Grounded Theory Method (GTM)
Grounded Theory Method (GTM)
This chapter:
- • explains how grounded theory method (GTM) started in 1967
- • explains the key characteristics of GTM
- • discusses how GTM has evolved into several strands
- • discusses different coding procedures used in GTM
- • discusses how various myths have evolved surrounding the use of GTM.
Introduction
This chapter aims to equip you with a thorough overview of grounded theory method (GTM). By the end of this chapter, you should have a good understanding of its key characteristics, its intellectual history and its diverse coding procedures. Because GTM does have such a complex intellectual history, it is necessary to know about it, as it is definitely what Bryant and Charmaz (2007) rightly characterise as a contested tradition. The chapter concludes with some myths about GTM ...
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