The SAGE Handbook of Grounded Theory

657 Pages·2007·3.7 MB·English

by  Antony Bryant

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The SAGE
Handbook of
Grounded
Theory
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Advisory Board
Leon Anderson
Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Ohio University,
Athens, OH, USA
Professor Amanda Coffey
Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK
Juliet Corbin DNSc
Adjunct Professor at the International Institute for Qualitative Methodology, Alberta, Canada
Sara Delamont
Reader in Sociology, SOCSI, Cardiff University, UK
Elizabeth Ettorre
Professor of Sociology, University of Liverpool, School of Sociology and Social Policy, UK
Uwe Flick
Professor for Qualitative Research, Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences, Berlin,
Department of Health and Nursing Management, Germany
Professor Lillemor R-M Hallberg
Professor in Health Care Science, School of Social and Health Sciences,
Halmstad University, Sweden
Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber
Professor of Sociology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA
Raymond M. Lee
Professor of Social Research Methods, Royal Holloway University of London, UK
Lukas T. Marciniak
Sociology, Lódz´ University, Poland
Michael D. Myers
Professor of Information Systems and Associate Dean (Postgraduate and Research) University of
Auckland, New Zealand
President Association for Information Systems www.aisnet.org
Clive Seale
Professor of Sociology, Brunel University, UK
David Silverman
Professor Emeritus, Sociology Department, Goldsmiths’College and Management Department,
King’s College, University of London, UK
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The SAGE
Handbook of
Grounded
Theory
Edited by
Antony Bryant
Kathy Charmaz
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Editorial arrangement and Chapter 1 ©Antony Bryant & Kathy Charmaz 2007
Chapter 2 ©Eleanor Krassen Chapter 17 ©Adele E. Clarke & Carrie
Covan 2007 Friese 2007
Chapter 3 ©Susan Leigh Star 2007 Chapter 18 ©Bob Dick 2007
Chapter 4 ©Barney G. Glaser 2007 Chapter 19 ©Virginia L. Olesen 2007
Chapter 5 ©Phyllis Noerager Stern 2007 Chapter 20 ©Barry Gibson 2007
Chapter 6 ©Margaret H. Kearney 2007 Chapter 21 ©Norman K. Denzin 2007
Chapter 7 ©Jane C. Hood 2007 Chapter 22 ©Denise O’Neil Green,
Chapter 8 ©Ian Dey 2007 John W. Creswell, Ronald J. Shope &
Chapter 9 ©Udo Kelle 2007 Vicki L. Plano Clark 2007
Chapter 10 ©Jo Reichertz 2007 Chapter 23 ©Stefan Timmermans &
Chapter 11 ©Janice M. Morse 2007 Iddo Tavory 2007
Chapter 12 ©Lora Bex Lempert 2007 Chapter 24 ©Katja Mruck & Günter
Chapter 13 ©Judith A. Holton 2007 Mey 2007
Chapter 14 ©Carolyn Wiener 2007 Chapter 25 ©Bruno Hildenbrand 2007
Chapter 15 ©Sharlene Nagy Hesse- Chapter 26 ©Karen Locke 2007
Biber 2007 Chapter 27 ©Jörg Strübing 2007
Chapter 16 ©Cathy Urquhart 2007
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‘The mind is not a vessel to be filled,
but a fire to be ignited.’– Plutarch
This Handbook is dedicated to Barney G. Glaser
and to the memory of Anselm L. Strauss
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Contents
Notes on Contributors xi
Senior Editor’s Preface xxviii
Acknowledgements xxxi
Introduction 1
Grounded Theory Research: Methods and Practices
Antony Bryant & Kathy Charmaz
PART I ORIGINS AND HISTORY 29
1 Grounded Theory in Historical Perspective: An Epistemological 31
Account
Antony Bryant & Kathy Charmaz
2 The Discovery of Grounded Theory in Practice: The Legacy 58
of Multiple Mentors
Eleanor Krassen Covan
3 Living Grounded Theory: Cognitive and Emotional Forms 75
of Pragmatism
Susan Leigh Star
PART II GROUNDED THEORY METHOD AND FORMAL 95
GROUNDED THEORY
4 Doing Formal Theory 97
Barney G. Glaser
5 On Solid Ground: Essential Properties for Growing 114
Grounded Theory
Phyllis Noerager Stern
6 From the Sublime to the Meticulous: The Continuing 127
Evolution of Grounded Formal Theory
Margaret H. Kearney
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viii CONTENTS
7 Orthodoxy vs. Power: The Defining Traits of Grounded Theory 151
Jane C. Hood
PART III GROUNDED THEORY IN PRACTICE 165
8 Grounding Categories 167
Ian Dey
9 The Development of Categories: Different Approaches 191
in Grounded Theory
Udo Kelle
10 Abduction: The Logic of Discovery of Grounded Theory 214
Jo Reichertz
11 Sampling in Grounded Theory 229
Janice M. Morse
12 Asking Questions of the Data: Memo Writing in the 245
Grounded Theory Tradition
Lora Bex Lempert
13 The Coding Process and Its Challenges 265
Judith A. Holton
PART IV PRACTICALITIES 291
14 Making Teams Work in Conducting Grounded Theory 293
Carolyn Wiener
15 Teaching Grounded Theory 311
Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber
16 The Evolving Nature of Grounded Theory Method: The Case 339
of the Information Systems Discipline
Cathy Urquhart
PART V GROUNDED THEORY IN THE RESEARCH METHODS 361
CONTEXT
17 Grounded Theorizing Using Situational Analysis 363
Adele E. Clarke & Carrie Friese
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CONTENTS ix
18 What Can Grounded Theorists and Action Researchers 398
Learn from Each Other?
Bob Dick
19 Feminist Qualitative Research and Grounded Theory: 417
Complexities, Criticisms, and Opportunities
Virginia L. Olesen
20 Accommodating Critical Theory 436
Barry Gibson
21 Grounded Theory and the Politics of Interpretation 454
Norman K. Denzin
22 Grounded Theory and Racial/Ethnic Diversity 472
Denise O’Neil Green, John W. Creswell, Ronald J. Shope &
Vicki L. Plano Clark
23 Advancing Ethnographic Research through Grounded 493
Theory Practice
Stefan Timmermans & Iddo Tavory
PART VI GROUNDED THEORY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE 513
SOCIAL SCIENCES
24 Grounded Theory and Reflexivity 515
Katja Mruck & Günter Mey
25 Mediating Structure and Interaction in Grounded Theory 539
Bruno Hildenbrand
26 Rational Control and Irrational Free-play: Dual-thinking Modes 565
asNecessary Tension in Grounded Theorizing
Karen Locke
27 Research as Pragmatic Problem-solving: The Pragmatist Roots 580
of Empirically-grounded Theorizing
Jörg Strübing
Discursive Glossary of Terms 603
Index 613