Issue 3, Dec 2011
The Theory of Social Control and the Social Psychology of Dissatisfact...
NB: There were two entries with the same abstract – mistake? Selmes, Orsolya. (2011). The Theory of Social Control and the Social Psychology of Dissatisfaction: Inhibition, regression and isolation in a cultural context. The Grounded Theory Review, vol.10, no.2, pp.91-111. The Theory of Social Control (TSC) is grounded in satisfaction and happiness research. The study investigated the reasons behind relatively low levels of civil and personal satisfaction, subjective social well-being and experienced happiness in the post-communist Hungarian social context. The...The Theory of Social Control and the Social Psychology of Dissatisfact...
Selmes, Orsolya. (2011). The Theory of Social Control and the Social Psychology of Dissatisfaction: Inhibition, regression and isolation in a cultural context. The Grounded Theory Review, vol.10, no.2, pp.91-111. The Theory of Social Control (TSC) is grounded in satisfaction and happiness research. The study investigated the reasons behind relatively low levels of civil and personal satisfaction, subjective social well-being and experienced happiness in the post-communist Hungarian social context. The basic social process uncovered in the research is self-situating, which...Stigma in Access to HIV Treatment in African Settings: The importance ...
NB: There were three articles here with the same abstract – I only brought in one. Not sure if that was a mistake or what. – SFH Oturu, Kingsley. (2011). Stigma in Access to HIV Treatment in African Settings: The importance of social connections. The Grounded Theory Review, vol.10, no.2, pp.63-90. Access to antiretroviral therapy is desperately needed in Nigeria. Increased access to anti-retroviral therapy for HIV treatment contributes to improved quality of life and reduced health care costs. It may assist in reduction of stigma and risk of HIV...The Rediscovery and Resurrection of Bunk Johnson – a Grounded Th...
Ekins, Richard (2011). The Rediscovery and Resurrection of Bunk Johnson – a Grounded Theory Approach: A case study in jazz historiography. The Grounded Theory Review, vol.11, no.3, pp.27-54. This paper was written in the beginning phase of my transitioning from grounded theory sociologist (Ekins, 1997) to grounded theory musicologist (Ekins, 2010). In particular, it provides preliminary data for a grounded theory of ‘managing authenticity’, the core category/basic social process (Glaser, 1978) that has emerged from my ongoing grounded theory work in jazz...The Literature Review in Classic Grounded Theory Studies: A methodolog...
Christiansen, Olavur. (2011). The Literature Review in Classic Grounded Theory Studies: A methodological note. The Grounded Theory Review, vol.10, no.3, pp.21-25. The place and purpose of the literature review in a Classic (Glaserian) Grounded Theory (CGT) study is to situate the research outcome within the body of previous knowledge, and thus to assess its position and place within the main body of relevant literature. The literature comparison is conceptual, i.e. the focus is on the comparison of concepts. The literature comparison is not contextual, i.e., it is not...