BACKGROUND Qualitative methodologies are increasingly popular in medical research. Grounded theory is the methodology most-often cited by authors of qualitative studies in medicine, but it has been suggested that many 'grounded theory' studies are not concordant with the methodology. In this paper we provide a worked example of a grounded theory project. Our aim is to provide a model for practi...

Article type: Review article Background & aim: Grounded theory has taken some different theoretical perspectives since its creation in 1967 by Barney Glaser. Considering that applying grounded theory partly depends on an awareness of its philosophical perspectives, gaining knowledge about these various perspectives is required for health care professionals who are interested in studying the soc...

Neurophenomenological studies seek to utilize first-person self-report to elucidate cognitive processes related to physiological data. Grounded theory offers an approach to the qualitative analysis of self-report, whereby theoretical constructs are derived from empirical data. Here we used grounded theory methodology (GTM) to assess how the first-person experience of meditation relates to neura...

Conceptualization is crucial when developing theories, especially when adopting a Grounded Theory approach. Based on the Multi-Grounded Theory approach, which is an extension and modification of Grounded Theory, a procedure for holistic conceptual determination is presented, which consists of the following steps: Determination of content, ontological position, context, functions, origin and eme...

This paper suggests that a combined soft systems methodology and grounded theory approach is an appropriate research methodology to investigate a knowledge management question. Both methodologies have in common surfacing and exploring participants’ values and beliefs – in this sense they both share constructivist and interpretivist philosophical positions. The practical difference is that soft ...

Grounded theory methodology (GTM), with its espoused goal of theory development of novel phenomena, has found broad application in Information Systems (IS) research. To investigate how GTM is applied in IS research and how the research contributions are contingent on those applications, we review 43 GTM-based articles in major IS and related journals. Ten of the articles develop theory. The oth...

Grounded Theory Methodology (GTM) is a powerful way to develop theories in domains where there are obvious opportunities to contribute in the form of carefully developed descriptive or explanatory conceptual theories. Reasonably nascent areas of academia, such as Game Studies, stand to particularly benefit from the development of new theoretical accounts. Yet, despite its proven utility in a wi...

For those employing grounded theory as a research methodology, the issue of how and when to engage with existing literature is often problematic, especially for PhD students. With this in mind, the current article seeks to offer some clarity on the topic and provide novice grounded theory researchers in particular with advice on how to approach the issue of the literature review in grounded the...

Grounded theory methods of inductive qualitative field research have been tried and tested in the social sciences with their strong commitment to empirical techniques. They can be used in knowledge engineering for grounding systems on empirical evidence wherever the domain experts’ natural way of thinking is qualitative. After an introductory explanation of grounded theory development we go thr...

This paper challenges the view that Grounded Theory is an unacceptable methodology for IS research lacking rigor and robustness. A demonstration is given of the systematic and rigorous use of the grounded theory data analysis techniques in researching the use of commercial IT components for developing and maintaining business IS. The data analysis processes of coding, conceptualizing and catego...