Does Grounded Theory Needed to be Rediscovered? Review Essay Cover Image

Czy teoria ugruntowana wymaga ponownego odkrycia? Esej recenzyjny
Does Grounded Theory Needed to be Rediscovered? Review Essay

Author(s): Marek Gorzko
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Uniwersytet Łódzki - Wydział Ekonomiczno-Socjologiczny
Keywords: The Discovery of Grounded Theory by B. Glaser and A. Strauss; methodology of grounded theory; traditional grounded theory; constructivist grounded theory; sociological imagination

Summary/Abstract: The paper provides an overview of the book Rediscovering Grounded Theory (2014) by Barry Gibson and John Hartman on the background of discussions within the grounded theory methodology. Particular attention is devoted to the reconstruction of the “original version” of grounded theory made by the authors and how this methodology is related to sociological imagination. The paper also briefly presents Gibson and Hartman’s discussion on the main assumptions of constructivist grounded theory.

  • Issue Year: XI/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 54-69
  • Page Count: 18