Developing Grounded Theory ― The Second Generation

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. Chapters cover the work of Anselm Strauss, Barney Glaser, Leonard Schatzman, and the postmodern and constructivist schools. Dialogues between the participants sharpen the debate and show key topics of agreement and disagreement. This volume will be ideal for courses on grounded theory that wish to show the ways in which it can be used in research studies.

Janice Morse holds the Barnes Presidential Endowed Chair in the College of Nursing at University of Utah. Trained as an anthropologist, she founded and is former director of the International Institute for Qualitative Methodology at University of Alberta, where she taught for many years. She is author or editor of numerous volumes on qualitative research in health care and nursing and has been conducting mixed method research since the 1970s. Morse founded and edits the journal Qualitative Health Research. Her most recent books are Developing Grounded Theory (2008) and Mixed Method Design (2009).Phyllis Noerager Stern is Professor in the Department of Family Health Nursing, Indiana University School of NursingJuliet Corbin is retired lecturer at San Jose State University School of Nursing and Senior Scientists at International Institute for Qualitative Methodology, University of AlbertaBarbara Bowers is Dean for Research and Helen Denne Schulte Professor at the University of Wisconsin School of NursingKathy Charmaz is Professor of Sociology at Sonoma State University. Adele E. Clarke is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Francisco