Grounded Theory is by far the most widely used research method across a wide range of disciplines and subject areas, including social sciences, nursing and healthcare, medical sociology, information systems, psychology, and anthropology. This handbook gives a comprehensive overview of the theory and practice of Grounded Theory, taking into account the many attempts to revise and refine Glaser and Strauss' original formulation and the debates that have followed. Antony Bryant & Kathy Charmaz bring together leading researchers and practitioners of the method from the US, the UK, Australia and Europe to represent all the major standpoints within Grounded Theory, demonstrating the richness of the approach. The contributions cover a wide range of perspectives on the method, covering its features and ramifications, its intricacies in use, its demands on the skills and capabilities of the researcher and its position in the domain of research methods. "The SAGE Handbook of Grounded Theory" is an indispensable reference source for academics and researchers across many disciplines who want to develop their understanding of the Grounded Theory method.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: ORIGINS AND HISTORY GT in Historical Perspective - Antony Bryant and Kathy Charmaz An Epistemological Account Discovery of GT in Practice - Eleanor Krassner Covan Legacy of Multiple Mentors Living GT - Susan Leigh Star Cognitive amd Emotional Forms of Pragmatism PART TWO: GTM AND FORMAL GT Doing Formal Theory - Barney Glaser Essential Properties for Growing GT - Phyllis Stern Evolution of Formal GT - Margaret Kearney Orthodoxy versus Power - Jane Hood PART THREE: GT IN PRACTICE Grounding Categories - Ian Dey Development of Categories - Udo Kelle Abduction - Jo Reichertz Sampling in GT - Janice Morse Memo-Writing in GT - Lora Lempert Coding - Judith Holton PART FOUR: PRACTICALITIES Making Teams Work in Conducting GT - Carolyn Wiener Teaching GT - Sharlene Hesse-Biber GT as a Tool for IS Research - Cathy Urquhart PART FIVE: GT IN THE RESEACRH METHODS CONTEXT GT and Situational Analysis - Adele Clarke and Carrie Friese GT and Action Research - Bob Dick Integrating GT and Feminist Methods - Virginia Olesen Accommodating Critical Theory - Barry Gibson GT and the Politics of Interpretation - Norman Denzin GT and Diversity - Denise O'Neil Green et al Ethnography - Stefan Timmermans and Iddo Tavory PART SIX: GT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES GT and Reflexivity - Katja Mruck and Guenter Mey Mediating Structure and Interaction - Bruno Hildenbrand Tensions in Using GT - Karen Locke GT and Pragmatism - Joerg Struebing

About the Author

Kathy Charmaz is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Faculty Writing Program at Sonoma State University in which she helps faculty with their research and scholarly writing. She has written, co-authored, or co-edited eight books including Developing Grounded Theory: The Second Generation, the Handbook of Grounded Theory and Health, Illness, and Healing: Society, Social Context and Self as well as well as two award-winning books, Constructing Grounded Theory: A Practical Guide Through Qualitative Analysis, and Good Days, Bad Days: The Self in Chronic Illness and Time. Dr. Charmaz writes numerous chapters and articles on qualitative research methods and also publishes in the areas of social psychology and writing for publication. Currently, she works with four psychologists on an innovative collaborative project that demonstrates how researchers representing five different qualitative approaches analyze the same data. Dr. Charmaz is the president of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction and has served as Chair of the Medical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association, President of the Pacific Sociological Association, and Editor of Symbolic Interaction. She has received the Feminist Mentors Award and George Herbert Mead Award for lifetime achievement from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. For the past decade, Dr. Charmaz has been a frequent keynote speaker and seminar presenter in the broad fields of health and illness and qualitative methods. In addition, she regularly teaches professional development classes and workshops for graduate students and faculty on grounded theory methods and academic writing at ResearchTalk in Long Island, New York. As an undergraduate sociology teacher, Dr. Charmaz has an enduring interest in helping SSU students improve their writing and analytic skills and prepare for graduate school.

Reviews

Tony Bryant and Kathy Charmaz are the perfect editors for this excellent and forward looking Handbook which is surely destined to be a classic David Silverman Professor Emeritus, Goldsmiths College