scholarly journals Grounded theory: building a middle-range theory in nursing

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-20
Author(s):  
Maria João Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Theory Building ◽  
Middle Range Theory ◽  
Middle Range ◽  
Range Theory ◽  
Grounded Theory Building

Comparative Management Theory: Jungle, Zoo or Fossil Bed?

1994 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 323-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Gordon Redding
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Theory Building ◽  
Management Theory ◽  
Theoretical Development ◽  
Middle Ground ◽  
Middle Range Theory ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
Comparative Management ◽  
Middle Range ◽  
Range Theory

Earlier reviews of the state of comparative management theory are considered and summarized and lead to the following conclusions: the literature suffers from an excess of simple empirical reportage; theoretical development is weak in the middle ground and at higher levels; there is a bias away from ethnographic work; perspectives tend to be narrow and partial. Some progress is visible as a result of the unifying work of Hofstede but its contribution also entails new avenues of enquiry about the determinants and consequences of culture. Some middle-range theory building is now occurring in specific fields such as expatriation, leadership, and HRM techniques, but it remains tentative. Dilemmas stemming from altern ative frameworks of meaning and complex causation pose severe epistemological challenges and require new approaches to comparison. The economics-based positivist paradigm is seriously inadequate for such challenges, but dangerously imperialist. A new, more theoretically sophisticated, approach is advocated and outlined as a route for progress.

scholarly journals E-learning in nursing education in Rwanda: A middle-range theory

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
Alexis Harerimana ◽  
Ntombifikile Gloria Mtshali
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Innovative Technology ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Middle Range Theory ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Middle Range ◽  
Range Theory ◽  
E Learning

Background: The rapid development of technology has compelled tertiary institutions to devise innovative teaching strategies to meet the students’ needs and market’s demands. Recently, the Covid-19 pandemic is forcing educational instructions to shift from in-person to online learning. E-learning is one of the areas advancing rapidly and which provide promises in nursing education. The aim of this study was to develop a middle-range theory to guide the utilisation of an e-learning platform in nursing education in the context of Rwanda.Methods: A grounded theory approach, following Strauss and Corbin, was used. The study population included nurse educators, nursing students, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) managers, and experts in e-learning and nursing education. The sample size consisted of 40 participants. Data were collected using in-depth interviews, focus group discussion and document analysis. Data analysis was guided by Strauss and Corbin’s grounded theory framework, which facilitated the middle-range theory development.Results: Implementation of e-learning in nursing education emerged as the central concept in this model. E-learning was viewed as a mechanism to advance the country’s political agenda to integrate technology in higher education, a tool to widen access to nursing education, a student-centred approach, and blended learning. The implementation of e-learning was facilitated by catalyst agents such as institutional support, e-readiness, partnerships and collaboration, policies and regulations, effective working learning management system, and bridging the digital divide. Integration of e-learning in nursing education was expected to improve nursing education quality and increase competent nurses and midwives graduates.Conclusions: This study highlights the importance of e-learning in nursing education. The adoption of the innovative, technology-enabled nursing education models would augment capacity to scale up nursing and midwifery education, enhance the quality and relevance of training, and adopt equity-focused policies. This model is a tool to facilitate the establishment of a supported network learning space in nursing education in a fluid and dynamically changing nursing practice context.

Middle-Range Theory in Archaeology: A Critical Review of Origins and Applications

1984 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Mark Raab ◽  
Albert C. Goodyear
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Theory Building ◽  
Site Formation ◽  
Site Formation Processes ◽  
Formation Processes ◽  
Middle Range Theory ◽  
Critical Elements ◽  
Cultural Behavior ◽  
Middle Range ◽  
Range Theory

The concept of middle-range theory, arising over three decades ago in sociology, is reviewed. The concept was proposed as an approach to theorizing, urging consolidation of high-order theories with low-order empirical studies. The critical elements in such hierarchies are theories of a middle-range of abstraction. However, most current conceptions of “middle-range theory” in archaeology are far more narrowly conceived. Derived primarily from Binford's work, they continue the New Archaeology's attempt to develop a materialist epistemology for archaeology. In this view, principles of site formation processes are nearly synonymous with “middle-range theory.” The dangers to theory-building of this approach are outlined. Examples of middle-range theory that expand our capacity for explanation of cultural behavior are presented.

Grand Theory and Middle-Range Theory

2021 ◽  
pp. 131-136
Author(s):  
Frederik Ponjaert
Keyword(s):  
External Validity ◽  
Theory Building ◽  
Middle Range Theory ◽  
Grand Theory ◽  
Middle Range ◽  
True State ◽  
Conditional Statements ◽  
Range Theory ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
The One

This chapter differentiates between grand theory and middle-range theory. The study of social phenomena raises the twofold question about the internal and external validity of a hypothesis. A piece of research is internally valid when it describes the true state of affairs within its own setting. The extent to which its findings can be applied to other settings will determine its relative external validity. External validity is a product of the theoretical aspirations of the research. When grand in scope, theoretical aspirations reject the importance of specific variations and attempt to describe the true state of affairs in all settings. Conversely, a theory-building exercise with a mid-range scope is bound by a set of conditional statements. Whereas middle-range theory-building is rooted in generalizable empirical propositions, grand theory-building is based on internally consistent ontologies. On the one hand, grand theory favours highly abstract theorizing, which is fairly distinct from concrete empirical concerns. On the other hand, middle-range theories reflect more sociologically embedded theorizing, which strives to integrate theory and empirical variations over time and space.

Building Evidence for Public Human Resource Management: Using Middle Range Theory to Link Theory and Data

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon B. Abner ◽  
Sun Young Kim ◽  
James L. Perry
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Theory Building ◽  
Representative Bureaucracy ◽  
Middle Range Theory ◽  
Middle Range ◽  
Link Theory ◽  
Range Theory

Theory building within public administration has been slow and uneven, due in part to the field’s search for grand theories and its failure to systematize knowledge. Middle range theory may be a particularly useful theory-building strategy for public administration scholarship due to its emphasis on generating testable hypotheses, organizing knowledge about particular phenomena, and bridging gaps between empirical facts and theory. Its utility for the development of public human resource management theory is illustrated based on examples from performance-related pay and representative bureaucracy research. We present a series of theoretical statements about performance-related pay and representative bureaucracy, and we identify the extent to which these statements are supported by empirical evidence. The examples both illustrate the utility of the theory-building strategy and identify theoretical statements that are widely confirmed and others that need additional testing.

Commentary and Book Review of Middle Range Theories: Application to Nursing Research and Practice (5th Edition) by Sandra J. Peterson and Timothy S. Bredow (2020),

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-216
Author(s):  
Howard K. Butcher
Keyword(s):  
Current Status ◽  
Nursing Research ◽  
Nursing Theory ◽  
Middle Range Theory ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Middle Range ◽  
Range Theory

The author in this article provides a review of Peterson and Bredow’s 5th edition of Middle Range Theories: Application to Nursing Research and Practice. The author also shared some concerns and thoughts about the current status of nursing theory and middle-range theory.

Why Middle-Range Theory?

1997 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. viii ◽  
Author(s):  
Peggy L. Chinn
Keyword(s):  
Middle Range Theory ◽  
Middle Range ◽  
Range Theory

scholarly journals Developing and Testing a Middle-Range Theory of the Well-Being Supportive Physical Environment of Home-Dwelling Elderly

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satu Elo ◽  
Maria Kääriäinen ◽  
Arja Isola ◽  
Helvi Kyngäs
Keyword(s):  
Physical Environment ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Theory Development ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Middle Range Theory ◽  
Hypothetical Model ◽  
Middle Range ◽  
Range Theory ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Deductive Theory

The aim is to describe the development of a middle-range theory by using an inductive-deductive approach. A theory of well-being supporting physical environment of home-dwelling elderly is used as an example. The inductive-deductive theory development process is described through four different phases: (1) the creations of concepts were described inductively through concept synthesis, (2) relationships between the concepts were examined to set up a hypothetical model, (3) hypotheses were set up to verify the concepts and to test hypothetical models, and (4) the verification and presentation of the theory.

Testing a Middle -Range Theory of Heart Failure Self-Care

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 378-391
Author(s):  
Sumayya A. Attaallah ◽  
Rosalind M. Peters ◽  
Ramona Benkert ◽  
Hossein Yarandi ◽  
Sandra Oliver-McNeil ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Latent Variable ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Middle Range Theory ◽  
Conditioning Factors ◽  
Middle Range ◽  
Patients With Heart Failure ◽  
Range Theory ◽  
Care Deficit

A middle-range theory of heart failure self-care, derived from the self-care deficit theory of nursing, was tested among 175 Arab American older adults with heart failure. The middle-range theory achieved good statistical fit, but not all hypothesized relationships were supported. Specifically, conceptualizing basic conditioning factors as a single latent variable was not supported. However, individual factors of depression, social support, and time living with heart failure had a direct effect on both self-care agency and quality of life. Understanding predictors and outcomes of self-care within a theoretical framework is essential in caring for patients with heart failure.

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