Developing Grounded Theory

Developing Grounded Theory: The Second Generation Revisited is a highly accessible description of the rapid development of grounded theories and the latest developments in grounded theory methods.

A succinct overview of the development of grounded theory is provided, including the similarities and differences between Glaserian and Straussian grounded theory. The method introduced by Schatzman, and the development of Charmaz’s constructivist grounded theory and Clarke’s situational analysis, are clearly presented. The book is divided into seven sections: each type of grounded theory is discussed by the developer (or their student), followed by a chapter describing a project that used that particular type of grounded theory. Bookending these chapters is the first chapter, which describes the development and landscape of grounded theory, and a final chapter describing the challenges to the future of grounded theory.

This book is ideally suited for beginning students trying to come to grips with the field as well as more advanced researchers attempting to delineate the major types of grounded theory.

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

Barbara J. Bowers is Associate Dean for Research, the Helen Denne Schulte Professor, the Charlotte Jane and Ralph A. Rodefer Chair, and director of the Center for Excellence in Long-Term Care at the School of Nursing at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA.

Kathy Charmaz was Professor Emerita of Sociology and Director of the Faculty Writing Program at Sonoma State University, USA. She passed away in July 2020.

Adele E. Clarke is Professor Emerita of Sociology and History of Health Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco, USA.

Juliet Corbin is a Senior Scientist at the International Institute of Qualitative Methodology, University of Alberta, Canada.

Caroline Jane Porr is Associate Professor at the Memorial University of Newfoundland Faculty of Nursing, Canada.

Phyllis Noerager Stern held faculty positions at California State University, Hayward, University of California, San Francisco, Northwestern State University and was Professor and Director of Dalhousie University School of Nursing in Halifax, Canada. She passed away in May 2014.