The Analysis of Qualitative Data: The Grounded Theory Approach

1992 ◽  
Vol 37 (10) ◽  
pp. 1074-1075
Author(s):  
Janet Ward Schofield
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Grounded Theory Approach

scholarly journals It's Like Doing a Job Analysis: You Know More About Qualitative Methods Than You May Think

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 753-760 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice M. Brawley ◽  
Cynthia L. S. Pury
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Job Analysis ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Organizational Research ◽  
The Core ◽  
Core Idea ◽  
Grounded Theory Approach

Through learning about and doing job analysis, industrial–organizational (I-O) psychologists likely already possess skills and knowledge relevant to doing and understanding qualitative research. We'll illustrate this by showing similarities between common job analysis practices and one particular qualitative research approach likely to be relevant to organizational research: grounded theory. Grounded theory was “discovered” in 1967 by Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss (Glaser & Strauss, 1967). Though Glaser and Strauss later split in their methodologies (an occurrence not unlike the varied approaches to job analysis), the core idea of grounded theory is to develop a new theory of some process or phenomenon from the “ground” up. In the grounded theory approach, researchers typically collect mostly qualitative data—often including interviews (Creswell, 2007)—and simultaneously develop increasingly abstract codes, concepts, and categories from the data. In the final step of analysis, researchers develop a theory that subsumes all categories from the data. If researchers follow the Straussian tradition, categories can be fit into a theoretical framework that details a central phenomenon underlying the process of interest and the conditions that precede it, result from it, and shape the resulting categories (Creswell, 2007). We illustrate this framework in Figure 1. Grounded theory is particularly useful for developing an accurate understanding of many organizational processes and phenomena that I-O psychologists study.

scholarly journals Research Design and Major Issues in Developing Dynamic Theories by Secondary Analysis of Qualitative Data

Systems ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bahadir K. Akcam ◽  
Senem Guney ◽  
Anthony M. Cresswell
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
System Dynamics ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Grounded Theory Approach ◽  
Theoretical Sensitivity

This article discusses the use of the Grounded Theory approach to the analysis of qualitative data to develop dynamic theories. The main objective of the article is to explore the major issues in bringing Grounded Theory and System Dynamics approaches together. The discussion employs an example of secondary analysis of qualitative data as a mixed-method research design for System Dynamics researchers. Findings from this example are organized in a table by research stages. Some of the reported major issues have divided researchers in their fields, such as the theoretical sensitivity issue in the Grounded Theory field and the qualitative and quantitative modeling issue in the System Dynamics field. Other major issues, such as the nature and richness of the dataset, can limit the data analysis and the research outputs. Researchers using the mixed-method should address these issues, and the present article offers solutions for them.

scholarly journals Qualitative research: extending the range with flexible pattern matching

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-273
Author(s):  
Ricarda B. Bouncken ◽  
Yixin Qiu ◽  
Noemi Sinkovics ◽  
Wolfgang Kürsten
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Pattern Matching ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Theory Development ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Grounded Theory Approach ◽  
Compare And Contrast

AbstractThe flexible pattern matching approach has witnessed increasing popularity. By combining deduction with induction in logic, flexible pattern matching is well suited for exploration and theory development. The paper discusses its logic, advantages and process of this approach while offering a review of research adopting this approach. We also compare and contrast it with another popular qualitative data analysis technique, the grounded theory approach, to further ground the method on the established knowledge and elaborate its strength and fitting context. This paper advances the flexible pattern matching approach by suggesting a five-step roadmap to conduct qualitative research with the approach.

The Analysis of Nurses’ Positive Deviance Behaviours as a Measure in Preventing the Transmission of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) at M. Djamil Hospital, Padang, West Sumatera

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-7
Author(s):  
Esthika Ariany Maisa ◽  
Yulastri Arif ◽  
Wawan Wahyudi
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Wound Care ◽  
Positive Deviance ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Nursing Managers ◽  
Theoretical Sampling ◽  
Develop Theory ◽  
Healthcare Associated ◽  
Grounded Theory Approach

Purpose: To explore the nurses’ positive deviance behaviors as an effort to provide solutions in preventing and controlling infections in the hospital. Method: This is a qualitative research using grounded theory approach. Thirteen nurses from Dr.M.Djamil hospital were selected based on theoretical sampling in order to develop theory as it appears. Nurses were interviewed from June to September 2014. Interviews were thematically analyzed using techniques of grounded theory to then generate a theory from themes formed. Findings: The modes of positive deviance behavior identified were practicing hand hygiene beyond the standards (bringing handsanitizer from home), applying nursing art in wound care practice, placing patients with MRSA infections at the corner side, giving a red mark on a MRSA patient’s bed for easy identification by nurses, changing clothes and shoes in hospital, reducing hooks on the wall, and cleaning the ward on scheduled days. Conclusion: The study shows that nurses have a number of positive deviance behaviors to prevent infection transmission in the wards. It is sugested that the hospital management and nursing managers adopt some of the uncommon solution highlighted by the nurses to solve the HAIs problems in the hospital.

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