The Use of Grounded Theory in Researching Information Centres

Research Population ◽

The Subject ◽

Key Features ◽

This chapter challenges information management researchers to employ the grounded theory research approach as it is detailed, rigorous, systematic, and flexible. The approach also permits researchers to go beyond the conventional thinking by allowing the emergence of new conceptual models, theories, and framework(s) on the subject under investigation. The chapter provides a discourse on the key features of grounded theory and the two fundamental schools of grounded theory. The overall aim of the chapter is to explain the applicability and rationale of grounded theory in researching information centres. As such, the chapter discusses the perceived challenges of using grounded theory, debates the place of literature in a grounded theory study, and explores the issues of research population, sampling, and sample size in a grounded theory research. Other essential aspects discussed in the chapter are the concepts of credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability. The chapter also demonstrates how data in a grounded theory study should be analysed and processed.

Multi-Site Bilingual Team-Based Grounded Theory Research: A Retrospective Methodological Review

The Qualitative Report ◽

10.46743/2160-3715/2018.3362 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Annie Pullen Sansfaçon ◽

Amy Fulton ◽

Marion Brown ◽

John Graham ◽

Stéphanie Ethier

Keyword(s):

Grounded Theory ◽

Large Scale ◽

Successful Management ◽

Methodological Review ◽

Virtual Spaces ◽

Grounded Theory Study ◽

Project Completion ◽

University Systems ◽

Successful management of a multi-site bilingual team-based grounded theory study requires overcoming key challenges associated with implementation of a large-scale, multi-faceted project. This article retrospectively reviews the methodological strategies employed during a multi-site bilingual team-based grounded theory study that investigated the professional adaptation experiences of migrant social workers in Canada. The article presents the strategies that the research team engaged to overcome numerous challenges and successfully work together across a variety of contexts and systems, including (a) provincial contexts, (b) languages, (c) university systems, (d) virtual spaces, and (e) epistemological perspectives. The findings highlight the importance of leadership and teamwork as central to successful project completion.

Advances in Public Policy and Administration - Handbook of Research on Advocacy, Promotion, and Public Programming for Memory Institutions ◽

Use of Public Programming Strategies in Promoting Access to Documentary Heritage at Zimbabwe National Archives

10.4018/978-1-5225-7429-3.ch007 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 125-143

Author(s):

Forget Chaterera ◽

Antonio Rodrigues

Keyword(s):

Grounded Theory ◽

Political Development ◽

Public Domain ◽

Research Approach ◽

The Public ◽

The People ◽

National Archives ◽

Public Programming ◽

Archival institutions have a potential to transform the socioeconomic and political development of a people. It is therefore critical for them to be visible and accessible. To this effect, public programming emerges as a critical archival function performed by archivists to enhance the visibility and utilisation of archives. Through a grounded theory research approach, this study established that the National Archives of Zimbabwe (NAZ) performs a plethora of public programming activities to improve the visibility of the institution in the public domain. The potential of public programming activities to improve the utilisation of the archives at NAZ was found wanting as the institution lacked a planned schedule of outreach activities. This explains why visits to the research room were dwindling, hence the need for archivists to be proactive in reaching out to the people. The purpose of this chapter is to demonstrate public programming as the cornerstone to achieving better recognition and subsequent use of documentary heritage.

The role of patience as a decision-making heuristic in leadership

Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management An International Journal ◽

10.1108/qrom-01-2015-1263 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 111-129 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

M.D. Haque ◽

Lu Liu ◽

Angela TitiAmayah

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Grounded Theory ◽

Theoretical Model ◽

Leadership Capacity ◽

Content Type ◽

Grounded Theory Study ◽

Leadership Quality ◽

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address the gap in the literature by providing a precise conceptualization of the concept of patience in the context of leadership. Design/methodology/approach The current study was conducted using a qualitative approach as it aimed to explore leaders’ perceptions and experiences with patience and eventually build a theoretical model in relation to the role of patience in leadership. Because the aim of the study was to obtain insight into the experiences of the participants in their own words, this study adopted a grounded theory research design. Findings The grounded theory study resulted in an emergent theoretical model for understanding the decision-making process of leaders who exhibit patience as a character strength and how those leaders promote organizational success. Through an inductive approach, this grounded theory study identified the behaviors that participating leaders viewed as patient, as well as the outcomes and the contextual conditions for the effectiveness of such behaviors. Research limitations/implications A major contribution of this study is that leaders epitomized by patience are guided by a decision-making framework that can contribute to more favorable decision making outcomes. Practical implications The proposed model for patience leadership has implications for developing the leadership capacity. Originality/value Patience, as a leadership quality, has been overlooked virtue in the social and psychological sciences. In order to explore the potential nexus between patience and leadership, the study has offered an emergent theoretical model and indicated the specific ways in which leaders may effectively practice patience.

Critical Approach to Reflexivity in Grounded Theory

The Qualitative Report ◽

10.46743/2160-3715/2014.1109 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Stephen Gentles ◽

Susan Jack ◽

David Nicholas ◽

K. McKibbon

Keyword(s):

Grounded Theory ◽

Data Collection ◽

Potential Model ◽

Children With Autism ◽

Research Approach ◽

Critical Approach ◽

Specific Approach ◽

Context Specific ◽

A problem with the popular desire to legitimate one’s research through the inclusion of reflexivity is its increasingly uncritical adoption and practice, with most researchers failing to define their understandings, specific positions, and approaches. Considering the relative recentness with which reflexivity has been explicitly described in the context of grounded theory, guidance for incorporating it within this research approach is currently in the early stages. In this article, we illustrate a three-stage approach used in a grounded theory study of how parents of children with autism navigate intervention. Within this approach, different understandings of reflexivity are first explored and mapped, a methodologically consistent position that includes the aspects of reflexivity one will address is specified, and reflexivity-related observations are generated and ultimately reported. According to the position specified, we reflexively account for multiple researcher influences, including on methodological decisions, participant interactions and data collection, analysis, writing, and influence of the research on the researcher. We hope this illustrated approach may serve both as a potential model for how researchers can critically design and implement their own context-specific approach to reflexivity, and as a stimulus for further methodological discussion of how to incorporate reflexivity into grounded theory research.

Grounded theory research: A design framework for novice researchers

SAGE Open Medicine ◽

10.1177/2050312118822927 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 ◽

pp. 205031211882292 ◽

Cited By ~ 57

Author(s):

Ylona Chun Tie ◽

Melanie Birks ◽

Karen Francis

Keyword(s):

Grounded Theory ◽

Linear Process ◽

Data Generation ◽

Philosophical Discussion ◽

Grounded Theory Study ◽

Construct Theory ◽

Research Findings ◽

Conducting Research ◽

Background: Grounded theory is a well-known methodology employed in many research studies. Qualitative and quantitative data generation techniques can be used in a grounded theory study. Grounded theory sets out to discover or construct theory from data, systematically obtained and analysed using comparative analysis. While grounded theory is inherently flexible, it is a complex methodology. Thus, novice researchers strive to understand the discourse and the practical application of grounded theory concepts and processes. Objective: The aim of this article is to provide a contemporary research framework suitable to inform a grounded theory study. Result: This article provides an overview of grounded theory illustrated through a graphic representation of the processes and methods employed in conducting research using this methodology. The framework is presented as a diagrammatic representation of a research design and acts as a visual guide for the novice grounded theory researcher. Discussion: As grounded theory is not a linear process, the framework illustrates the interplay between the essential grounded theory methods and iterative and comparative actions involved. Each of the essential methods and processes that underpin grounded theory are defined in this article. Conclusion: Rather than an engagement in philosophical discussion or a debate of the different genres that can be used in grounded theory, this article illustrates how a framework for a research study design can be used to guide and inform the novice nurse researcher undertaking a study using grounded theory. Research findings and recommendations can contribute to policy or knowledge development, service provision and can reform thinking to initiate change in the substantive area of inquiry.

Journalists’ creative process in newswork: A Grounded theory study from the Philippines

Journalism ◽

10.1177/1464884920947909 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 146488492094790

Author(s):

Jhoana Paula L Tuazon ◽

Jasper Emmanuel Y Arcalas ◽

Janine Marie D Soliman ◽

Jeremaiah M Opiniano

Keyword(s):

Grounded Theory ◽

Public Interest ◽

Creative Process ◽

The Philippines ◽

Work Environments ◽

Grounded Theory Study ◽

Theory Research ◽

Bicycle Wheel

Creativity in journalism has always been a challenging concept. Journalism has not often been seen as creative due to its structured conventions. In response, a few journalism scholars claim there is creativity in journalism. However, no studies reveal a creative process in journalistic writing. This grounded theory research from the Philippines revealed a creative process of journalists ( n = 20): A Bicycle Wheel of Journalists’ Creative Process in Newswork. This model sees journalists undergo the phases of cognizance, cultivation, captivation, and introspection in their efforts to be creative. Motivation and experience, plus their work environments, even contextualize these creativity-related efforts of journalists. Understanding this journalistic creative process will help practitioners and editors aspire for high journalistic standards and write engaging stories that are of public interest, and that are also relevant and significant.

Ethical Considerations in a Grounded Theory Study on the Dynamics of Hope in Hiv-Positive Adults and Their Significant

Nursing Ethics ◽

10.1177/096973309900600305 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 224-239 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Jari Kylmä ◽

Katri Vehviläinen-Julkunen ◽

Juhani Lähdevirta

Keyword(s):

Grounded Theory ◽

Research Problem ◽

Vulnerable Groups ◽

Hiv Positive ◽

Ethical Challenges ◽

Grounded Theory Study ◽

Hiv Positive Adults ◽

Research Population ◽

The Relationship

The purpose of this article is to describe and reflect ethical challenges in a grounded theory study on the dynamics of hope in HIV-positive adults and their significant others. It concentrates on the justification of a research problem, sensitive research and the relationship between the researcher and the participants in data collection. The basis of ethically sound nursing research on the dynamics of hope in these two vulnerable groups lies in the relationship between the researcher and the participant. However, it is also obvious that the content, the process, the methods used and the ethics of the study cannot be divorced from this relationship. In conducting grounded theory research on the dynamics of hope in this research population, the researcher has to consider the surrounding world, that is, the reality in which these people live in hope or despair.

Reflective practice in the newswork of Filipino journalists: A grounded theory study

Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies ◽

10.1386/ajms_00031_1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Jeremaiah Opiniano ◽

Rikka Alyssa Daquipil ◽

Patricia Isabella Romarate

Keyword(s):

Grounded Theory ◽

Reflective Practice ◽

Practice Theory ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

External Factors ◽

Grounded Theory Study ◽

Internal And External Factors ◽

How journalists reflect on their work considering the factors that affect their newswork remains to be less analysed. This grounded theory research aimed to examine how 25 Filipino journalists employ reflective practice in their work. The research is anchored on Donald Schön’s reflective practice theory – of learning through and from experiencing, towards becoming a better professional. Based on respondents’ answers, researchers developed a model called the Infinity Reflective Cycle by Journalists in Newswork. This model describes the processes of introspection used by journalists – beginning with news gathering and ending with applying lessons learned in future news gathering and writing. The Infinity Reflective Cycle also deals with internal and external factors that affect journalists’ newswork, as well as cultural peculiarities contextualizing daily newswork. This study contributes to the growing research on reflective practice, particularly in the context of Philippine journalism.