What Grounded Theory Is…A Critically Reflective Conversation Among Scholars

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 581-599

  Walsh, Isabelle ^a   Holton, Judith A ^b   Bailyn, Lotte ^c   Fernandez, Walter ^d   Levina, Natalia ^e   Glaser, Barney ^f  

^a NEOMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Grounded Theory Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

exploratory; grounded theory; qualitative research; quantitative research; research design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941362904     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: 15527425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428114565028     Document Type: Article

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