Grounded Theory in Practice: Novice Researchers’ Choice Between Straussian and Glaserian

Alammar, Fahad M.; Intezari, Ali; Cardow, Andrew; Pauleen, David J.

doi:10.1177/1056492618770743

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“…We need, consequently, to engage the participants in a mutual inquiry, and to encourage their doing so in their own voice, tone, and tempo. Among qualitative methods, Glaserian (Alammar et al., 2018; Glaser, 1992) and constructivist (Charmaz, 2014) grounded theory offer an avenue to focus on the practices prior to a precipitous search for themes, although the capture of participants’ actions may not be in their everyday local idiom. Using dialogic inquiry, we engage in methods that bring multiple voices into the research process incorporating the polyvocal meaning making of both the participant and the researcher (Gergen and Gergen, 2000).…”

Section: Comparison To Qualitative Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Toward a methodology for studying leadership-as-practice

Raelin

2019

Leadership

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This article is intended as a conceptual and practical foundation for those who wish to conduct research in the area of leadership-as-practice. Rather than offer a single methodology for studying how social and leadership activity is carried out in everyday life, it details a pluralistic set of methods and presents a series of theoretical guidelines through its phenomenological form of inquiry. In particular, it endorses discursive, narrative, ethnographic, aesthetic, and multimodal methods to attempt to capture concurrent, collective, and dialogical social practices. After providing an overview of praxis-oriented research as the methodological basis of leadership-as-practice, the article turns to the conceptual building blocks that can provide some guidance in selecting an appropriate methodology for study. These building blocks incorporate issues of agency, identity, materiality, context, power, and dialogue. The author hopes that researchers will take up the challenge of examining leadership dynamics “from within” to co-participate in working with actors engaged in projects of significance advance their mutual endeavors.

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Section: Comparison To Qualitative Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Toward a methodology for studying leadership-as-practice

Raelin

2019

Leadership

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“…Indeed, these divergent perspectives on pre-conceived concepts, coined within the perception of how to utilise a literature review, will confuse or mislead some researchers. For instance, one study misinterpreted Glaser's perception of the literature review and argued that Glaserian were studies strongly against consulting the relevant literature in the substantive area to eliminate any prior influence (Alammar et al, 2019). However, Glaser never suggested a non-literature review in GT research; he is merely against the pre-conceived conceptual framework, which is different from an approach absent of any literature reading or understanding.…”

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Grounded Theory: A Guide for a New Generation of Researchers

Smith

2021

IJDS

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Aim/Purpose: Grounded Theory (GT) has grown and developed into several strands making its application all the more problematic, argumentative and remaining potentially as a research methodology to avoid when it comes to doctoral research, early-career research. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to revisit GT as a general approach and present an evolved and more considered step-by-step guide to conduct research using this methodology. A leadership development context is applied in this paper to examine how this methodology could work for a new generation of researchers, i.e., new to doctoral research or an early career researcher. Background: Since its academic inception in the seminal text in 1967 (Glaser & Strauss, 1967), GT has emerged and developed to become a popular choice for researchers contemplating qualitative data approaches amongst a variety of subject backgrounds. However, the divergent development and criticized approaches within GT families can lead researchers to avoid such a research methodology. This can especially be the case within doctoral research or other early-career research. Indeed, a specific/explicit GT guideline or framework to assist doctoral students in conducting GT research does not currently exist. Methodology: There is a general review of GT approaches followed by theoretical development of a framework and an applied doctoral example. Contribution: The three evolved methods in GT research and the developed supporting author-designed three-phase research framework will contribute to two aspects. Firstly, the step-by-step guideline can reduce the sense of confusion within an area where criticisms and conflicting approaches exist. This will hopefully assist the next generation of GT researchers in conducting their research through detailed processes and applications. Secondly, there is arguably a need for more GT applications and evolvements to further enrich the body of knowledge that exists in this area and further support a diversity of subject research. Findings: The authors outline numerous differences and similarities within divergent GT practices. By integrating Glaser’s four core principles and three evolved methods, the authors design a three-phase research framework that presents a transparent step-by-step guide. This framework attempts to mitigate criticisms within GT approaches whilst maintaining clarity, flexibility, depth, and rigour within a study. Recommendations for Practitioners: Three GT evolvements (the two-step literature review method, two-step open-coding method, and two-step theory-constitute method) provides greater clarity within a rigorous author-designed three-phase research framework that demonstrates a transparent step-by-step guide. These techniques can encourage a new generation of GT researcher through confident and structured analytical techniques. Recommendation for Researchers: We hope the presented framework and concise view of GT in action will inspire other doctoral students and new GT researchers to conduct GT research following an evolved GT framework. Impact on Society: The debates and innovations around GT, like in this paper, are needed within a methodological society to keep the area contemporary and constantly evolving. Future Research: The framework presented will need further testing beyond the parameters set out here. We hope future research can adopt the evolved GT techniques and procedures to enforce research quality overall and inspire further GT methodological developments.

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“…This movement requires analyzing the practitioners' narratives and at the same time observing their (inter)actions through an ethnographic-based study to describe strategic aspects influenced by cultural and institutional dimensions. To overcome the risk of being just a descriptive research, losing the opportunity to theorize about a new phenomenon, grounded theory offers the appropriate tools to move from concrete data to the conceptual level (Alammar et al, 2019), which provides an explanation of the characteristics and implications of the open strategy for strategizing. Hautz, Seidl, and Whittington (2017) claim that "Open Strategy can thus contribute to the melding of micro-and macro-approaches in Strategy-as-Practice research" because it allows to capture the broader demands of strategy practice and understand local organizational problems (Hautz et al, 2017, p. 299).…”

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A Qualitative Method Proposal for the Study of Strategy as Practice

2021

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Purpose: recently, the strategy as practice approach has sought to overcome the micro/macro dichotomy existing in its literature, as well as to better integrate the dimensions of praxis, practice and practitioner. To fill this gap, the aim of the paper is to discuss potential methods to guide empirical studies of strategy as practice (SAP). Method: the paper proposes a method based on an extensive literature review. Phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, and narratives are discussed, and their components are presented in the context of strategy as practice studies. Results: the presented method articulates four approaches. Phenomenology is used to enhance the understanding of strategist experiences. Grounded theory is considered a method to develop theories about the studied phenomenon. Ethnography is used to contextualize the daily practices of strategists. Narratives are the path to access the stories of the strategists. Conclusion: the proposed method may be useful to overcome micro/macro dichotomy existing in strategy as practice literature and to integrate praxis, practice and practitioner dimensions.

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Grounded Theory in Practice: Novice Researchers’ Choice Between Straussian and Glaserian

Cited by 21 publications

References 38 publications

Toward a methodology for studying leadership-as-practice

Toward a methodology for studying leadership-as-practice

Grounded Theory: A Guide for a New Generation of Researchers

A Qualitative Method Proposal for the Study of Strategy as Practice

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