Grounded Theory: Study of Aboriginal Nat...

Gary L. Evans, University of Prince Edward Island, PEI, Canada Abstract Recently, Elers (2016) published an article stating the importance of using Classical Grounded Theory (CGT) when researching indigenous populations.  This article puts forward CGT as a viable and necessary tool for researching this complex subject as it requires researchers to utilize multiple data sources and, as in this particular project, can be used by multiple disciplinary teams. Canada has much to do to rebuild the trust of the indigenous people of Canada. CGT shows promise as a methodology that...

Negotiated Re-orienting: A Theory Genera...

Tom Andrews, University of Cork, Ireland Introduction The theory presented here was generated from a research project that involved researchers in five countries.  To our knowledge, this is the first classic grounded theory generated by such an international collaborative effort.  This article starts by describing the collaborative process, then the theory is presented. The project This research project was co-ordinated by researchers in the United Kingdom (UK).  They were quantitative researchers, quite unfamiliar with qualitative research in general, but decided to use...

Patterns of Theoretical Similarity

Kara L. Vander Linden, Saybrook University, USA Abstract Classic grounded theories explicate patterns of behavior used by individuals within a substantive area to address problematic areas that they are working to address.  Through the brief examination and explanation of two classic grounded theories conducted by the author, overlapping patterns of theoretical similarity are discussed despite the theories’ emergence from different substantive areas. The future development of formal grounded theories from these and other substantive grounded theories is discussed....

Complexities in Palliative Cancer Care: ...

Anna Sandgren, Linnaeus University, Sweden This paper includes first a summary of a grounded theory “Living on hold”, which was one of four different grounded theories in my dissertation (Sandgren, 2010). The theory is then explained in relation to the other grounded theories to give an example of how different grounded theories can be integrated, which leads to an increased awareness of what is going on in a research area. Keywords: palliative cancer care, increase awareness, grounded theories, living on hold. Living on hold The aim of this study was to develop a classic...

Final Thoughts on Exampling

Barney G. Glaser, PhD, Hon PhD, USA The humble purpose of this book is to help novice researchers doing dissertation research to do good GT by emphasizing the learning of GT by example. There is much to learn as GT methods become developed in the literature every year. This book has focused so far on exampling GT from its inception in 1965 to the reader Methods of GT in 1994. In this chapter I will discuss exampling GT to 2007 when I put out a reader with Judith Holton of very well formulated GT papers. It was called the GT Seminar Reader. Since this reader was published...

Intacting Integrity in Coping with Healt...

Lene Bastrup Jørgensen, University of Aarhus, Denmark, Stine Leegaard Jepsen, University of Aarhus, Denmark, Bengt Fridlund, Jönköping University, Sweden, Judith A. Holton, Mount Allison University, Canada Abstract The aim of this study was to discover and elaborate a general substantive theory (GST) on the multidimensional behavioral process of coping with health issues.  Intacting integrity while coping with health issues emerged as the core category of this GST.  People facing health issues strive to safeguard and keep intact their integrity not only on an individual...

Remodelling the Life Course: Making the ...

Milka Satinovic, Western Norway University, Norway Abstract The aim of the study was to develop a substantive grounded theory on how to live a life as good as possible with multiple sclerosis (MS). The question of how to improve the quality of life is of key importance when speaking of a chronic illness like MS. We still have little knowledge of this important question from the patients’ perspective. Classic grounded theory was used to explore patients’ experiences of living with MS. The aim was to identify their main concern and how they process this concern at different...

Celebrating 50 Years of Grounded Theory:...

Astrid Gynnild, University of Bergen Welcome to this very special issue of the Grounded Theory Review.  In this issue we celebrate 50 amazing years of grounded theory during which it has become one of the fastest growing methods in the global research world. Five decades after The Discovery of Grounded Theory was first published, the seminal work of founders Barney G. Glaser and Anselm Strauss is cited more than 94,000 times on Google Scholar alone. We celebrate that after 50 years of researching, teaching, defending, explicating and clarifying grounded theory as a...