Developing Grounded Theory

Janice M. Morse is Distinguished Professor and Barnes Presidential Chair at the College of Nursing, University of Utah, USA.

Grounded theory is the most popular genre of qualitative research used in the health professions and is widely used elsewhere in the research world. In this volume, six key grounded theory methodologists examine the history, principles, and practices of this method, highlighting areas in which different strands of the methods diverge.

Section I: Introduction 1. The Maturation of Grounded Theory; Section II: Straussian Grounded Theory 2. Strauss's Grounded Theory 3. Exemplar: The Nurse as Advocate: The Sessler Branden Advocacy Theory (SBAT); Section III: Glaserian Grounded Theory 4. Glaserian Grounded Theory 5. Exemplar using Glaserian Grounded Theory: Building on "Grab", attending to "Fit", and Being Prepared to "Modify" how Grounded Theory "Works" to Guide Health Interventions of Abused Women; Section IV: Dimensional Analysis 6. Dimensional Analysis 7. Exemplar using Dimensional Analysis: Developing the Green House Nursing Care Team: Variations on Development and Implementation; Section V: Constructivist Grounded Theory 8. The Genesis, Grounds, and Growth of Constructivist Grounded Theory 9. Exemplar using Constructionist Grounded Theory: Preserving Self: Theorizing the Social and Psychological Processes of Living with Parkinson Disease; Section VI: Situational Analysis 10. From Grounded Theory to Situational Analysis: What's New? Why? How? 11. Exemplar using Situational Analysis: "Situating Knowledge"; Section VII: What's Next? 12. The Challenges to and Future(s) of Grounded Theory