A critique of using grounded theory as a research method
By George William Allan. 2003
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Citations in the corpus
- The role of the psychosocial safety climate in coping with workplace bullying: A grounded theory and sequential tree analysis (2016, methodology): “Interview responses were analysed manually on a “key points” basis (Allan, 2003) that allowed the formulation of concepts.”
- Grounded in Practice: Using Interpretive Research to Build Theory (2005, background): “The Theory Building section provides more details of the ‘how to’ of coding and aspects of grounded theorising, while readers are encouraged to consult Urquhart (2001), Allan (2003), Douglas (2003) and Fernandez (2004) for specifics of some practical and philosophical issues associated with its”
- I'd like to Teach the World to Sing: Music and Conflict Transformation (2007, background): “113-114), and new data no longer reveal any new insights, however, this is probably an issue of experience and trial and error rather than a fixed point to aim for (Allan 2003) which may be the reason that the saturation point is often referred to but rarely defined (Bowen 2008).”
- Self-Organizing Roles on Agile Software Development Teams (2013, methodology): “Examples of using diagrams to represent emergence of concepts from data analysis in GT studies are based on [99], [98].”
- Advertisements on Facebook: Identifying the persuasive elements in the development of positive attitudes in consumers (2018, background): “Under this rationale, it is justified to develop a grounded theory about consumers’ attitudes toward viral marketing, because, in grounded theory, we generally focus on organizing and postulating a possible concept based on collected data of respective sample's opinion (Allan,2003).”