Issue 1, June 2023

Remote Female Fixation—A Grounded Theory on Semi-Illegal Sharing of Nu...

Hilde Otteren, PhD Astrid Gynnild, PhD[1] Abstract In this article, we present the classic grounded theory of remote female fixation, which provides new knowledge on the illegal sharing of sexualized images of young girls in networked communities on the internet. This sharing occurs without consent and usually without the girls even knowing about it. In the study, we identified the main concern and action strategies of the anonymous users of a large online forum for the sharing of nude images. The data were gathered from 20 different online comment sections of the...

Pluralistic task shifting for a more timely cancer diagnosis: A ground...

Hans Thulesius, Ulrika Sandén, Davorina Petek, Robert Hoffman, Tuomas Koskela, Bernardino Oliva-Fanlo, Ana Luisa Neves, Senada Hajdarevic, Lars Harrysson, Berit Skjodeborg Toftegaard, Peter Vedsted, Michael Harris,The Örenäs Research Group, Institute of Primary Health Care (BIHAM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland [1] Key words: Cancer, diagnosis, primary care, grounded theory, screening, qualitative data  Abstract Objective: To explore how cancer could be diagnosed in a more timely way. Design: Classic grounded theory analysis of primary care physicians’...

De-shaming for believability: A Grounded Theory of physicians’ communi...

Toke S. Barfod, MD PhD [1] Abstract To be “adherent” to a medication means to take the medicine as agreed upon. Poor adherence is the main barrier to the effectiveness of HIV medication. Communication between patient and physicians is a major factor in adherence. We found that this communication is very often awkward and superficial, if not completely lacking. According to the proposed theory, it is a core determinant of adherence communication whether or not physicians use a “de-shaming” communication strategy. When physicians do not, they receive answers with low...

Surviving Situational Suffering: A classic grounded theory study of po...

Barry Chametzky Abstract Administrators at post-secondary institutions in the United States hire contingent faculty members to teach a great many classes.  It is therefore valuable to understand what the issues are for these on-demand, non-tenured faculty members.  The theory of surviving situational suffering explains how part-time adjunct educators in the United States resolve their main concern—maintaining employment—within a context of reduced appreciation, underutilization, and ingratitude.  Just as with various historical events now considered...

‘The system was blinking red’: Awareness Contexts and Disasters

Vivian B. Martin, Central Connecticut State University, USA Abstract The awareness context has been a source of inspiration for grounded theories for more than 50 years; yet little has been done to extend the theory beyond nursing and the medical field, and a few works on identity. This paper extends the awareness context by examining its role in several high-profile disasters, natural and man-made, where gaining a clear sense of what was going on was often blocked by poor information flow and general communication failures, interpersonal and technological. Selective...

A Novice Researcher’s First Walk Through the Maze of Grounded Theory: ...

Gary L. Evans, Liverpool John Moores University Abstract Being new to grounded theory the onus to understand the methodology and the various versions can be daunting.  Learning and understanding the differences between grounded theories methodologies can be as much a learning of one’s own research philosophy and this philosophy is often the deciding factor in methodology selection.  Learning the different methodologies is a difficult journey as terminology often sounds similar to the novice researcher, but only by exploring the differences can the...