Constructing grounded theory

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Second Edition

xxi, 388 pages ; 25 cm

Previous edition: 2006
Includes bibliographical references and index

Machine generated contents note: Emergence of Grounded Theory
Historical Context
Glaser and Strauss's Challenge
Merging Divergent Disciplinary Traditions
Developments in Grounded Theory
Constructivist Turn
Why Constructivist Grounded Theory?
Grounded Theory as a Constellation of Methods
Constructing Grounded Theory
Constructing Grounded Theory at a Glance
Figure 1.1 A visual representation of a grounded theory
Thinking about Methods
Seeing Through Methods
Figure 2.1 Wasserman and Clair's study
Reaching for Quality
Gathering Grounded Theory Data
Grounded Theory in Ethnography
Defining Ethnography
Box 2.1 Christopher Schmitt's Reflection--An Ethnography of "Territorial Fair"
Gaining Access and Getting Involved
Documents as Data
Elicited Documents
Extant Documents
Box 2.2 Jason Eastman's Reflection on Embracing Contradictions in Ethnographic Data
Studying Documents
Concluding Thoughts
Thinking about Intensive Interviewing
Preparing for the Interview
Getting Ready
Constructing Your Interview Guide
Box 3.1 A Sample of Grounded Theory Interview Questions about a Life Change
Conducting the Interview
Etiquette and Expectations in Interviewing
Box 3.2 Do's and Don'ts of Intensive Interviewing
Negotiations during the Interview
Box 3.3 James Joseph Dean's Reflection about Interviewing Heterosexual Men and Women
Problems, Prospects, and Strengths of Interviewing
Concluding Thoughts
Why Intensive Interviewing Fits Grounded Theory
Pursuing Theory
Figure 4.1 Interviewing in Grounded Theory Studies
Constructivist Interviewing
Considering Constructivist Interviewing Practices
Significance of Language and Meaning in Constructivist Grounded Theory Interviews
Box 4.1 Catherine Conlon's Interview Excerpt
Box 4.2 Catherine Conlon's Reflection on Explicating a Research Participant's Key Term
Interviewing in Theoretical Sampling
How Many Interviews?
Concluding Thoughts
Box 5.1 Initial Grounded Theory Coding
Logic of Grounded Theory Coding
About Coding
Constructing Codes
Entering an Interactive Analytic Space
Initial Coding
Logic of Initial Coding
Box 5.2 Grounded Theory Initial Coding Example
Coding for Topics and Themes vs. Coding with Gerunds
Box 5.3
Initial Coding for Topics and Themes
Box 5.4 Grounded Theory Coding in Comparison with Thematic Coding
Initial Coding Practices
Word-by-Word Coding
Line-by-Line Coding
Box 5.5 Kris Macomber's Initial Line-by-Line Coding
Coding Incident with Incident
Box 5.6 Comparing Incident with Incident
Box 5.7 Comparing Properties in Incident with Incident Coding: Comprehending the Ominous Moment
Using Comparative Methods
Advantages of Initial Coding
In Vivo Codes
Transforming Data into Codes
Concluding Thoughts
Box 6.1 Focused Grounded Theory Coding
Focused Coding in Practice
Box 6.2 Kris Macomber's Focused Coding
Box 6.3 Focused Coding: Robert Thornberg's Study of Bullying
Box 6.4 Focused Coding
Axial Coding
Figure 6.1 Forms of Telling
Theoretical Coding: Application or Emergence?
Box 6.5 Thomberg on Bullying
Wrestling with Preconceptions
Strategies for Revealing Preconceptions
Concluding Thoughts
Box 7.1 Example: Early Memo on Connections between Losing Voice and Self
Methods of Memo-writing
Keeping a Methodological Journal
Box 7.2 Richard McGrath's Reflection and Methodological Journal Entry
Box 7.3 Richard McGrath's Memo on Documents
Routes for Writing Memos
Box 7.4 How to Write Memos
Box 7.5 Codes: Interview with Staff Member P-D in a Facility for Survivors of Brain Injury
Standpoints and Starting Points in Memo-writing
Box 7.6 Early Memo: Explaining All-Encompassing Loss
Box 7.7 Example of a Memo
Suffering as a Moral Status
Figure 7.1 Hierarchy of Moral Status in Suffering
Box 7.8 Treating an In Vivo Code as a Category
Roschelle's Reflection on Using Symbolic Interactionism
Symbolic Interactionism in Grounded Theory Studies
Concluding Thoughts
Figure 11.1 Writing the Report
Regarding Writing
Making Your Mark
Drafting Discoveries
Revising Early Drafts
Pulling the Pieces Together
Constructing Arguments
Box 11.1 Draft: Stories and Silences: Disclosures and Self in Chronic Illness
Box 11.2 Final Manuscript: Stories and Silences: Disclosures and Self in Chronic Illness
Scrutinizing Categories
Box 11.3 Excerpt from an Early Memo on Disclosure
Box 11.4 Published Version of the Memo on Disclosure
Preparing Your Manuscript for Publication
Planning for Publication
Titles Talk
Instructive Abstracts and Keywords
Returning to the Library: Literature Reviews and Theoretical Frameworks
Disputed Literature Review
Box 11.5 Writing the Literature Review
Writing the Theoretical Framework
Box 11.6 Example of a Theoretical Framework
Rendering Through Writing
Concluding Thoughts
Core of Grounded Theory: Contested Versions and Revisions
Emerging Constructions of Grounded Theory Methods and Grounded Theories as Emergent Constructions
Union of Comparative Methods and Interaction in Grounded Theory
What Defines a Grounded Theory?
Grounded Theory and Recent Methodological Developments
Considering Mixed Methods Research
Turning toward Social Justice Inquiry
Grounded Theory in Global Perspective
Effects of Post-colonialism
Collecting Data and Cultural Contexts
Centrality of Language
Points of Cultural Convergence
Issues in Using Grounded Theory
Evaluating Grounded Theory
Criteria for Grounded Theory Studies
Credibility
Originality
Resonance
Usefulness
Grounded Theory of the Past, Present, and Future
Constructive Return to Grounded Theory Origins
Transforming Knowledge

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