A set of principles for doing and evaluating classic grounded theory research in information systems

A book chapter published by IGI Global in the Book of Information Technology Integration for Socio-Economic Development pp 102-124

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Main Authors: Lowe, Andy, Tossy, Titus
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Language:English
Published: IGI Global 2024
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Online Access:https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/doing-classic-grounded-theory-research-in-information-systems/160578
https://scholar.mzumbe.ac.tz/handle/123456789/678
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spelling oai:41.59.85.69:123456789-6782024-04-17T11:22:47Z A set of principles for doing and evaluating classic grounded theory research in information systems Lowe, Andy Tossy, Titus Grounded theory Information systems research Methodological principles Evaluation framework A book chapter published by IGI Global in the Book of Information Technology Integration for Socio-Economic Development pp 102-124 Grounded Theory (GT) is a latent pattern recognition research method discovered by Glaser and Strauss (1967). Due to GTs power and transcendence many research papers across several academic disciplines including Information Systems claimed to have used GT when in fact they have used pseudo GT methods. It is argued in this paper that any other research method which adopts the GT label without following orthodoxy of the authentic GT research method should not be called GT. All of the pseudo GT methods make the false assumption that GT is a sub set of Qualitative Data Analysis. This is a false assumption because authentic GT can use either quantitative or qualitative data and it is a general research methodology and produces empirically grounded but modifiable propositions. Within the Information Systems (IS) research community it is therefore not surprising that many, who claim to use GT, have used different types of pseudo GT. They have adopted vocabulary of the GT without following its original tenets. This paper explains how authentic GT can be carried out in an information systems context by trusting in emergence rather than forcing the data. Private 2024-04-17T11:22:45Z 2024-04-17T11:22:45Z 2017 Article APA https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/doing-classic-grounded-theory-research-in-information-systems/160578 https://scholar.mzumbe.ac.tz/handle/123456789/678 en application/pdf IGI Global
spellingShingle Grounded theory
Information systems research
Methodological principles
Evaluation framework
Lowe, Andy
Tossy, Titus
A set of principles for doing and evaluating classic grounded theory research in information systems
title A set of principles for doing and evaluating classic grounded theory research in information systems
title_full A set of principles for doing and evaluating classic grounded theory research in information systems
title_fullStr A set of principles for doing and evaluating classic grounded theory research in information systems
title_full_unstemmed A set of principles for doing and evaluating classic grounded theory research in information systems
title_short A set of principles for doing and evaluating classic grounded theory research in information systems
title_sort set of principles for doing and evaluating classic grounded theory research in information systems
topic Grounded theory
Information systems research
Methodological principles
Evaluation framework
url https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/doing-classic-grounded-theory-research-in-information-systems/160578
https://scholar.mzumbe.ac.tz/handle/123456789/678
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