Constructing Grounded Theory

By Kathy Charmaz. 2014

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Social Data: Biases, Methodological Pitfalls, and Ethical Boundaries (2019, background): “Qualitative analyses help construct hypotheses about phenomena to be quantiﬁed (Charmaz, 2014); can be used for in-depth explorations of quantitative measurements to validate or discern the nuances of their social meanings (Cranshaw et al., 2012; Tufekci, 2014); or can involve the development of…”
"My Voice Is Definitely Strongest in Online Communities": Students Using Social Media for Queer and Disability Identity-Making (2017, methodology): “…analytical codes and categories from data, advancing theory development during each step of data analysis, analytic and reflective 514 Journal of College Student Development memo writing throughout the study, and sampling for theoretical purposes rather than for representativeness (Charmaz, 2014).”
Entrepreneurship responding to adversity: Equilibrating Adverse Events and Disequilibrating Persistent Adversity (2020, background): “In general, grounded theoretical models vary on a continuum from those that are more specific and phenomenon based to those that are more general and abstract (Charmaz, 2014; Strauss & Corbin, 1997).”
Impediment to insight to innovation: understanding data assemblages through the breakdown–repair process (2016, methodology): “…’ in which data are enmeshed: ‘ amalgams of systems of thought, forms of knowledge, ﬁ nance, political economies, governmentalities and legalities, materialities and infrastructures, practices, organisations and institutions, subjectivities and communities, places, and marketplaces ’ (2014, p. 20).”
School Bullying as a Collective Action: Stigma Processes and Identity Struggling (2015, unknown): “In line with a constructivist position of GT, I do not claim to offer an exact picture but rather an interpretative portrayal of the phenomenon studied (Charmaz, 2006).”
Scaffolding genre knowledge and metacognition: Insights from an L2 doctoral research writing course (2018, unknown): “Our method aimed for systematicity and trustworthiness, and entailed a recursive reflection on our own interpretation (Charmaz, 2006).”
Moving Beyond Templates: A Bricolage Approach to Conducting Trustworthy Qualitative Research (2020, methodology): “It also matches a widely accepted understanding that qualitative research is very iterative (Charmaz, 2014; Locke, 2001; Spradley, 1979).”
Computational Grounded Theory: A Methodological Framework (2020, methodology): “Grounded theory (Glaser and Strauss 1999, 2005) is a method designed to allow categories and themes to emerge inductively from data, culminating in data-driven but abstract theoretical understandings of the underlying social world (Charmaz 2014).”
Design Study Methodology: Reflections from the Trenches and the Stacks (2012, methodology): “The methodology of grounded theory emphasizes building an understanding from the ground up based on careful and detailed analysis [14].”
Openness and praxis: Exploring the use of open educational practices in higher education (2017, methodology): “In constructivist grounded theory, data and analysis are seen as social constructions reflecting both the participant and the researcher (Charmaz, 2014; Hallberg, 2006).”
Teacher collaboration for change: sharing, improving, and spreading (2020, methodology): “GTM is well suited to theorising complex processes (Urquhart 2013, Charmaz 2014) like initiating, leading, and implementing collaborative professional learning and change.”
Legitimating the legitimate: A grounded theory study of legitimacy work among Ethics and Compliance Officers (2014, background): “These steps helped direct our attention to fruitful data (Charmaz, 2006).”
How family business members learn about continuity (2015, background): “Of the interviews, 14 took place at the location and premises of the family business, allowing behavior and environmental conditions to be observed and anecdotes, actions, and processes to be recorded (Charmaz, 2006; Yin, 1984).”