Welcome to the InfoSci Platform
Reference Hub71
Rigor in Grounded Theory Research: An Interpretive Perspective on Generating Theory from Qualitative Field Studies

Rigor in Grounded Theory Research: An Interpretive Perspective on Generating Theory from Qualitative Field Studies

Susan Gasson
Copyright: © 2004 |Pages: 24
ISBN13: 9781591401445|ISBN10: 1591401445|EISBN13: 9781591401452
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-144-5.ch006
Cite Chapter Cite Chapter

MLA

Gasson, Susan. "Rigor in Grounded Theory Research: An Interpretive Perspective on Generating Theory from Qualitative Field Studies." The Handbook of Information Systems Research, edited by Michael Whitman and Amy Woszczynski, IGI Global, 2004, pp. 79-102. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-144-5.ch006

APA

Gasson, S. (2004). Rigor in Grounded Theory Research: An Interpretive Perspective on Generating Theory from Qualitative Field Studies. In M. Whitman & A. Woszczynski (Eds.), The Handbook of Information Systems Research (pp. 79-102). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-144-5.ch006

Chicago

Gasson, Susan. "Rigor in Grounded Theory Research: An Interpretive Perspective on Generating Theory from Qualitative Field Studies." In The Handbook of Information Systems Research, edited by Michael Whitman and Amy Woszczynski, 79-102. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2004. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-144-5.ch006

Export Reference

Mendeley
Favorite

Abstract

This chapter presents a set of principles for the use of Grounded Theory techniques in qualitative field studies. Some issues and controversies relating to rigor in Grounded Theory generation are discussed. These include: inductive theory generation and emergence, how theoretical saturation may be judged, the extent to which coding schemes should be formalized, the objectivist-subjectivist debate, and the assessment of quality and rigor in interpretive research. It is argued that Grounded Theory is often criticized for a lack of rigor because we apply positivist evaluations of rigor to research that derives from an interpretive worldview. Alternative assessments of rigor are suggested, that emphasize reflexivity in the inductive-deductive cycle of substantive theory generation.

Request Access

You do not own this content. Please login to recommend this title to your institution's librarian or purchase it from the IGI Global bookstore.