grounded theory and case study

While studies using grounded theory in management research are becoming more popular, these are often mixed with the case study approach, or they provide contradictory guidelines on how to use it. The aim of this paper is to provide a clear guide for researchers who wish to use grounded theory in exploratory studies in management research.

recommend combining case studies and grounded theory when the researcher aim is to develop theoretical models grounded on the data. To promote a constructivist perspective, researchers can draw predominantly from case study design (Merriam, 1998; Stake, 2006; Yin, 2003) and constructivist grounded theory approach to data analysis (Charmaz, 2006).

Examples of Grounded Theory in different case studies are as follows: Glaser and Strauss (1965): This study, which is considered one of the foundational works of Grounded Theory, explored the experiences of dying patients in a hospital. The researchers used Grounded Theory to develop a theoretical framework that explained the social processes ...

This article tackles how to adapt grounded theory by blending it with case study techniques. Grounded theory is commended for enabling qualitative researchers to avoid priori assumptions and intensely explore social phenomena leading to enhanced theorization and deepened contextualized understanding. However, it is criticized for generating enormous data that is difficult to manage ...

Figure 1. Research design framework: summary of the interplay between the essential grounded theory methods and processes. Grounded theory research involves the meticulous application of specific methods and processes. Methods are 'systematic modes, procedures or tools used for collection and analysis of data'. 25 While GT studies can ...

Glaser and Strauss are recognised as the founders of grounded theory. Strauss was conversant in symbolic interactionism and Glaser in descriptive statistics. 8-10 Glaser and Strauss originally worked together in a study examining the experience of terminally ill patients who had differing knowledge of their health status. Some of these suspected they were dying and tried to confirm or ...

Grounded theory (GT) is both a research method and a research methodology. There are several different ways of doing GT which reflect the different viewpoints of the originators. For those who are new to this approach to conducting qualitative research, this can be confusing. In this article, we outline the key characteristics of GT and ...

Abstract. Since being developed as a research methodology in the 1960s, grounded theory (GT) has grown in popularity. In spite of its prevalence, considerable confusion surrounds GT, particularly in respect of the essential methods that characterize this approach to research. Misinformation is evident in the literature around issues such as the ...

In 1967, sociologists Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss published their seminal book "The discovery of grounded theory: Strategies for qualitative research" (Glaser and Strauss 1967), which lays the foundation for one of the most prominent and influential qualitative research methodologies in the social sciences and beyond.With their focus on theory development, they dissociate themselves ...

Grounded theory (GT) is a common qualitative methodology in health professions education research used to explore the "how", "what", and "why" of social processes. With GT researchers aim to understand how study participants interpret reality related to the process in question. However, they risk misapplying the term to studies that ...

A. An open beginning and research questions. Grounded theory studies are generally focused on social processes or actions: they ask about what happens and how people interact.This shows the influence of symbolic interactionism, a social psychological approach focused on the meaning of human actions [].Grounded theory studies begin with open questions, and researchers presume that they may know ...

Abstract: The grounded theory and case study all have one thing in common the general process of research that begins with a research problem and proceeds to the questions, the data collection, the data analysis and interpretations and the research report. However they differ as well, yet the differences between the two have

This chapter introduces four approaches to inquiry—grounded theory, narrative, phenomenology, and ethnography—that, together with case study, comprise five primary qualitative research designs. The purpose of grounded theory is to develop a unified theoretical explanation for a process, action, or interaction such as professional growth or ...

Grounded theory is a systematic methodology that has been largely applied to qualitative research conducted by social scientists.The methodology involves the construction of hypotheses and theories through the collecting and analysis of data. Grounded theory involves the application of inductive reasoning.The methodology contrasts with the hypothetico-deductive model used in traditional ...

Grounded theory proposes that careful observation of the social world can lead to the construction of theory (Rice & Ezzy, 1999). It is iterative and evolving, aiming to construct new theory from collected data that accounts for those data. It is also known as the "grounded theory method", although the terms have become interchangeable ...

Another key thing to thing about when combining case study and grounded theory development is what kind of case you think you have. Robert Yin provides a list of 5 motivations for a case study ...

Such experience produces rich and complex qualitative data for analysis, conducive to counselling and psychotherapy research. Furthermore, grounded theory (GT) can be adopted to produce a theory from qualitative data, fitting well with case study research that explores complex experiences regarding social, psychological and phenomenological ...

Grounded theory is used by many IS researchers. Sometimes they apply it as a method and sometimes they apply it as a methodology. This different application stems from the debate between Glaser and Strauss; the originators of this theory. Some IS research implies the simultaneous use of case study and grounded theory. However, no conceptual/theoretical research for IS researchers yet specifies ...

Grounded theory methodology has taken on different iterations since its introduction. In 1990, Strauss and Corbin published a revisionist methodology, Basics of Qualitative Research: Grounded Theory Procedures and Techniques, which included a number of derivations and extrapolations from the original 1967 methodology. Their work spawned a division in what came to be known as "Straussian ...

While grounded theory is mainly used for qualitative research (Glaser, 2001), it is a general method of analysis that accepts qualitative, quantitative, and hybrid data collection from surveys, experiments, and case studies (Glaser, 1978).However, when combining methods like case study and grounded theory, utmost care must be exercised to ensure that the canons of case study research do not ...

For example, Pullen Sansfaçon et al. (2021) offered reflections on a completed action research and grounded theory study, and this was selected in preference to an earlier article which only reflected on phase 1 of the study ... in their case grounded theory to structure and shape potential theoretical insights (Harrison & Brandling, 2009).

Qualitative research is an advanced field of study. The key aim of this chapter was to discuss the three major types of qualitative research—narrative inquiry, phenomenology, and grounded theory. This chapter firstly provided a brief discussion on qualitative research, its philosophical foundations, and types. Secondly, it provided a ...

Grounded Theory. Grounded theory is a method in naturalistic research that is used primarily to generate theory.13 The researcher begins with a broad query in a particular topic area and then collects relevant information about the topic. As the action processes of data collection continue, each piece of information is reviewed, compared, and ...

A grounded theory study goes beyond descriptions and its objective is to generate a theory, an abstract analytical scheme of a process. Developing a theory doesn't come "out of nothing" but it is constructed and based on clear data collection. We suggest the following steps to follow a grounded theory approach in a research design:

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Constructivist Grounded Theory Methodologies could support an in depth understanding of the impact of nursing interventions. ... Hansen Carrinna. Developing a guideline for reporting and evaluating grounded theory research studies (GUREGT) Int. J. Health Sci. 2018;6:64-76. doi: 10.15640/ijhs.v6n1a8.

While studies using grounded theory in management research are becoming more popular, these are often mixed with the case study approach, or they provide con-tradictory guidelines on how touse it. The aimof this paper is to provide a clear guide for researchers who wish to use grounded theory in exploratory studies in management research.

Drawing upon its regional culture, natural landscapes, and architectural features, Beishan Village in Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province, has forged a distinctive rural development model that combines an industrial park with tourism. While this approach has catalyzed rural progress, it also encounters numerous complex practical challenges. Utilizing the grounded theory method, this study employs ...

DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e32373 Corpus ID: 270265308; Research on rural tourism environment perception based on grounded theory A case study of Beishan Village, Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province, China