There is an ongoing debate regarding the nature of grounded theory, and an examination of many studies claiming to follow grounded theory indicates a wide range of approaches. In 1967 Glaser and Strauss's ''The Discovery of Grounded Theory; Strategies for Qualitative Research'' was published and represented a breakthrough in qualitative research ; it offered methodological consensus and systema...

The overarching research goal for which grounded theory methodology (GTM) is used is to understand the basic social processes that underlie a phenomenon in socially or experientially relevant domains of human life (Charmaz, 2006 ; Glaser & Strauss, 1967 ). It is also a popular methodology adopted by qualitative researchers in social science disciplines and medical and health sciences. In psycho...

this article first gives a definition of grounded theory and its development and use in medicine and medical education. the fundamental differences of grounded theory with quantitative methods are discussed along a full discussion of the steps required to use a grounded theory approach. at the end the questions in the area of medical education which can best addressed with this approach are pro...

This paper presents an empirical study to understand engagement in educational computer games. Engagement is defined as an experience that occupies an individual’s attention and captures one’s interest. The nature of engagement is viewed as comprising conditions, actions, and outcomes of engagement. The data collection method includes in-depth interviews with 12 educational computer game player...

Findings in recent research suggest that online journalism is much less innovative than many researchers and scholars predicted a decade ago. Research into online journalism has, however, been biased towards a focus on online news journalism, thereby neglecting the magnitude of new styles and genres that are currently emerging in online journalism. In this paper the findings of a longitudinal e...

Grounded theory‖s popularity persists after three decades of broad-ranging critique. We discuss here three problematic notions – “theory,” “ground” and “discovery” – which linger in the continuing use and development of grounded theory procedures. We argue that far from providing the epistemic security promised by grounded theory, these notions – embodied in continuing reinventions of grounded ...

This paper describes how grounded theory was used to investigate the "black box" of network leadership in the creation of the National Quality Forum. Scholars are beginning to recognize the importance of network organizations and are in the embryonic stages of collecting and analyzing data about network leadership processes. Grounded theory, with its focus on deriving theory from empirical data...

Five selected China IT business incubators are studied with grounded theory, after coding the interview data, we establish the model of influence factors that affect IT business incubator’s incubation performance with dimensions of the external factor, the internal factor and the associated factor. The external factors that affect the incubation performance are institution and industry environm...