Can you say more about what you are hoping to hear about through your question? In particular, are you trying to decide whether or not to use GT on a specific research project?

Hi Giovanna,

I am a PhD student and I have tried using grounded theory in my research but have found it very difficult. I have actually since been advised against grounded theory for PhD work because it is just too much! You are welcome to have a look at my notes and publication attached. I have resolved for the time-being to adopt elements of the approach without going all the way as this appears to be sufficient for my needs for now.

I hope you find the notes useful.

Simon

Conference Paper Analysing the Cadastral Template Using a Grounded Theory Approach

Technical Report Doing Grounded Theory

Thanks' very much! I'll read with very interesting

Giovanna

Hello Giovanna,

I used grounded theory for my PhD (Living with faecal incontinence), but when I carried out follow-up studies, I used a less specific, more descriptive qualitative method.

Attached is an excerpt from my thesis (with all the refs as I did not want to omit one or two if I had tried just to give you what was relevant).

I had excellent supervision, and would not have changed from grounded theory had I had this time again. However, I don't regret doing a more descriptive method for the follow-ups as I wanted to see how the participants had continued to live with faecal incontinence rather than getting too 'caught up' with my method. Although I received support from my workplace, I organised my research by myself. 

I don't know if this will be of any assistance but do get back to me if I can help further.

All the very best with your research,

Mary

Mary, thank you very much!!  I will tell you for my research ....

Can you say more about what you are hoping to hear about through your question? In particular, are you trying to decide whether or not to use GT on a specific research project?

I used it for my dissertation, especially constructivist approach. I developed a theory for pain management in labor

I used it for my doctoral dissertation.  I liked it a lot although it is more time consuming than other qualitative methods because you are building a theory.  I was studying knowledge base of critical care nurses.  Used the results to develop a curriculum for nurses working in critical care in a large hospital.  I thought it was worth while doing. 

I used GT also for my dissertation. it was about understanding perpetrators who committed the crime of rape of minors. It was difficult but I felt it was necessary since i wanted to work from the ground up, meaning from nothing and get ideas based on the pattern of personality to create a theory. 

Hi Giovanna, 

I'm using a Grounded Theory methodology for my PhD thesis. The first days of June I was at summer school about Grounded Theory. If you want, we can discuss about it. 

Best wishes for your study!

Anna 

Hi Giovanna

I use it all the time and love the structure it brings to qualitative data. I was lucky enough to spend the day with Juliette Corbin in Merida, Mexico last year. She supported my interpretation of her work and emphasise that academics must continue to use it.

The most detailed account that I have of it, is in publication on Gender perceptions and obesity, published in Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health. I also have several different conceptual models and theoretical frameworks on my research gate page., Most publishers will want to see these if they are to publish GT work.Have a look and see if they help.

Let me know if I can be of further help.

Regards

Martyn

Hello - yes my ex-wife just finished a PhD doing exacty that combination, and combining the work also with other methods. Her PhD is written in German, though. You can contact her through

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Yes, i have used Grounded Theory for my PhD research using in depth interviews as the data collection tool 

of course many do because what else is there in education? The real question is how is the critical integrated in that method?

Hi Giovanna, 

I chair all of the Grounded Theory (GT) dissertations in my college and Brene' Brown is one of my former doctoral students. Barney Glaser (of Glaser and Strauss) was the methodologist on her committee.  David Morgan asked a very relevant question here for you. What, specifically are you hoping to study? The purpose of your research and your research question(s) should be the guiding elements that help you determine if GT is the best methodological fit for your research. 

That said, I see that you're in the field of nursing, and GT is a well-established research method in nursing,

 Best,

Susan  

"Grounded theory (GT) is a systematic methodology in the social sciences involving the construction of theory through the analysis of data." - And what is data?  

When I did a research on the phenomenon of night clubbing (dance clubs) and experiences of people and place, I knew and believed that I was doing a qualitative research using GT. I did interviews, participant observation, oral history of the places, (radical) reflexivity, etc. Then from my data I was able to make a theory (two theories actually). But when I presented it to my committee, they said that I only did a participant observation, in addition to key informant interviews, and not GT. I followed their "advice" but I still believe until now that I conducted GT. 

Dear Carljohnson G. Anacin

Thank your Committee -- they were correct. You need to identify the parameters that make up a theory which are about theory, not what you thought were your outcomes 

best

ania

Carljohnson,

A lot of people have forgotten that almost the original work done by Glaser and Strauss consisted of participant observation (e.g., Time for Dying). More recently, GT has been identifying almost entirely with interviewing, but that did not use to be the case.

Having said that, I think that most of the distinguishing features of GT come in the coding of the data and the goal of building theory through that coding process.

I am using grounded theory approach for my PhD and currently using Nvivo for my data analysis

Dear Giovanna,

I, at first, employed GT in my PhD to develop categories and, second, examine the relationship of these categories across periodizations, types and spaces using R Software Program. The developed mosaic plot and correspondence analysis have displayed interesting results - global and local, i have claimed. Thus, i do agree with Professor DL Morgan and other scholars why you are employing GT? What is your research question? 

Mrigendra 

It will be very much interesting to follow u on this topic.. I read a lot about grounded theory research and wanted to opt this theory development approach in my PhD but unfortunately not able to work out over it..after seeing ur problem statement I can give few thought over it and really interested to follow u on this topic 

for David Morgann

No, that's not what I try, but what experience and what results the researchers who used the GT reached

ciao

Giovanna