Constructionist Grounded Theory - GT. Conceptual and Methodological Clarifications

Logos Universality Mentality Education Novelty: Economics & Administrative Sciences, 3(1), 73-100, 2018 DOI/10.18662/lumeneas/06

Posted: 21 May 2020

Date Written: December 31, 2018

Abstract

In this article we aim to bring a series of epistemological and conceptual clarifications on a particular method of qualitative research entitled Grounded Theory (GT) in its social-constructive approach. The peculiarity of this research method is the exploratory character, the theoretical explanatory construction based on data gathered from the field and not from a series of assumptions taken from the literature, or built from the missing knowledge areas within it. The socio-constructivist dimension emphasizes the context dependence of the obtained results and the generated interpretative model.

Keywords: Grounded Theory; qualitative research; social constructivism; interpretive model; data encoding

Suggested Citation

Sandu, Antonio Stefan, Constructionist Grounded Theory - GT. Conceptual and Methodological Clarifications (December 31, 2018). Logos Universality Mentality Education Novelty: Economics & Administrative Sciences, 3(1), 73-100, 2018 DOI/10.18662/lumeneas/06, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3564079

Antonio Stefan Sandu (Contact Author)

Stefan cel Mare University

Suceava
Romania

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