this paper attempts to analyze the consequences of using facebook and how it affects iranian couples, especially where family privacy is concerned. to put it in other words, the paper offers an argument on the question of how facebook membership challenges stability of the family system in the iranian society.  a special focus will be laid on facebook and its effect on transforming social norms...

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...

AIM In this paper, the choice of classic grounded theory will be discussed and justified in the context of the first author's PhD research. BACKGROUND The methodological discussion takes place within the context of PhD research entitled: Development of a stakeholder-led framework for a structured education programme that will prepare nurses and healthcare assistants to deliver a psychosocial ...

PURPOSE There is still a lack of knowledge regarding which social processes occur in sport clubs and what factors influence young adults to want to remain in a sport club context. Thus, the purpose of this study was to construct a grounded theory (GT) explaining how sport clubs can retain their young adults. METHOD The study uses an intersectional approach. In line with constructivist GT meth...

This study provides a framework and definition to the notion of talent management process and describes how it fits the human resources architecture of agricultural higher education system in Iran. This qualitative study was conducted using semi-structured interviews for data collection and systematic grounded theory methods for data analysis. For this study, we selected and interviewed 15 expe...