What Can a Novice Researcher Gain From a Literature Review? Quizlet
SAGE Open Med. 2019; 7: 2050312118822927.
Grounded theory inquiry: A blueprint framework for novice researchers
Ylona Chun Necktie
oneNursing and Midwifery, College of Healthcare Sciences, James Cook Academy, Townsville, QLD, Commonwealth of australia
Melanie Birks
1Nursing and Midwifery, College of Healthcare Sciences, James Melt University, Townsville, QLD, Commonwealth of australia
Karen Francis
2Higher of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania, Australia, Hobart, TAS, Australia
Received 2018 Jul 30; Accepted 2018 Dec ten.
Abstract
Background:
Grounded theory is a well-known methodology employed in many research studies. Qualitative and quantitative data generation techniques tin be used in a grounded theory report. Grounded theory sets out to discover or construct theory from data, systematically obtained and analysed using comparative analysis. While grounded theory is inherently flexible, it is a complex methodology. Thus, novice researchers strive to understand the discourse and the practical application of grounded theory concepts and processes.
Objective:
The aim of this article is to provide a contemporary research framework suitable to inform a grounded theory study.
Result:
This article provides an overview of grounded theory illustrated through a graphic representation of the processes and methods employed in conducting research using this methodology. The framework is presented as a diagrammatic representation of a research blueprint and acts as a visual guide for the novice grounded theory researcher.
Word:
As grounded theory is not a linear process, the framework illustrates the interplay between the essential grounded theory methods and iterative and comparative actions involved. Each of the essential methods and processes that underpin grounded theory are defined in this article.
Conclusion:
Rather than an appointment in philosophical discussion or a contend of the unlike genres that tin can be used in grounded theory, this commodity illustrates how a framework for a inquiry study pattern can be used to guide and inform the novice nurse researcher undertaking a study using grounded theory. Research findings and recommendations can contribute to policy or knowledge development, service provision and tin can reform thinking to initiate modify in the substantive area of inquiry.
Keywords: Framework, grounded theory, grounded theory methods, novice researcher, report pattern
Introduction
The aim of all research is to accelerate, refine and expand a body of knowledge, institute facts and/or accomplish new conclusions using systematic inquiry and disciplined methods.i The research design is the program or strategy researchers employ to answer the inquiry question, which is underpinned past philosophy, methodology and methods.2 Birks3 defines philosophy as 'a view of the globe encompassing the questions and mechanisms for finding answers that inform that view' (p. 18). Researchers reflect their philosophical beliefs and interpretations of the world prior to commencing research. Methodology is the research design that shapes the option of, and utilise of, particular information generation and analysis methods to answer the research question.4 While a stardom between positivist enquiry and interpretivist research occurs at the paradigm level, each methodology has explicit criteria for the drove, analysis and interpretation of information.ii Grounded theory (GT) is a structured, notwithstanding flexible methodology. This methodology is advisable when little is known well-nigh a miracle; the aim existence to produce or construct an explanatory theory that uncovers a process inherent to the substantive expanse of inquiry.v–7 One of the defining characteristics of GT is that it aims to generate theory that is grounded in the data. The following department provides an overview of GT – the history, main genres and essential methods and processes employed in the conduct of a GT written report. This summary provides a foundation for a framework to demonstrate the interplay betwixt the methods and processes inherent in a GT study every bit presented in the sections that follow.
Groundwork
History
Glaser and Strauss are recognised as the founders of grounded theory. Strauss was conversant in symbolic interactionism and Glaser in descriptive statistics.8–ten Glaser and Strauss originally worked together in a written report examining the experience of terminally ill patients who had differing knowledge of their health status. Some of these suspected they were dying and tried to confirm or disconfirm their suspicions. Others tried to understand by interpreting handling by care providers and family members. Glaser and Strauss examined how the patients dealt with the cognition they were dying and the reactions of healthcare staff caring for these patients. Throughout this collaboration, Glaser and Strauss questioned the appropriateness of using a scientific method of verification for this study. During this investigation, they developed the constant comparative method, a cardinal chemical element of grounded theory, while generating a theory of dying first described in Awareness of Dying (1965). The constant comparative method is accounted an original way of organising and analysing qualitative information.
Glaser and Strauss subsequently went on to write The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Inquiry (1967). This seminal work explained how theory could be generated from data inductively. This procedure challenged the traditional method of testing or refining theory through deductive testing. Grounded theory provided an outlook that questioned the view of the time that quantitative methodology is the only valid, unbiased mode to determine truths about the world.11 Glaser and Straussfive challenged the conventionalities that qualitative research lacked rigour and detailed the method of comparative assay that enables the generation of theory. After publishing The Discovery of Grounded Theory, Strauss and Glaser went on to write independently, expressing divergent viewpoints in the awarding of grounded theory methods.
Glaser produced his book Theoretical Sensitivity (1978) and Strauss went on to publish Qualitative Analysis for Social Scientists (1987). Strauss and Corbin's12 publication Basics of Qualitative Inquiry: Grounded Theory Procedures and Techniques resulted in a rebuttal by Glaser13 over their application of grounded theory methods. Withal, philosophical perspectives have changed since Glaser's positivist version and Strauss and Corbin'south postal service-positivism stance.14 Grounded theory has since seen the emergence of additional philosophical perspectives that take influenced a change in methodological development over time.15
Subsequent generations of grounded theorists have positioned themselves along a philosophical continuum, from Strauss and Corbin'due south12 theoretical perspective of symbolic interactionism, through to Charmaz's16 constructivist perspective. However, understanding how to position oneself philosophically can challenge novice researchers. Birks and Mills6 provide a contemporary understanding of GT in their book Grounded theory: A Practical Guide. These Australian researchers have written in a style that appeals to the novice researcher. It is the contemporary writing, the way Birks and Mills present a non-partisan approach to GT that support the novice researcher to sympathise the philosophical and methodological concepts integral in conducting research. The development of GT is important to understand prior to selecting an approach that aligns with the researcher's philosophical position and the purpose of the research report. As the research progresses, seminal texts are referred back to time and again as understanding of concepts increases, much like the iterative processes inherent in the conduct of a GT study.
Genres: traditional, evolved and constructivist grounded theory
Grounded theory has several distinct methodological genres: traditional GT associated with Glaser; evolved GT associated with Strauss, Corbin and Clarke; and constructivist GT associated with Charmaz.6,17 Each variant is an extension and development of the original GT by Glaser and Strauss. The start of these genres is known as traditional or classic GT. Glaser18 acknowledged that the goal of traditional GT is to generate a conceptual theory that accounts for a pattern of behaviour that is relevant and problematic for those involved. The second genre, evolved GT, is founded on symbolic interactionism and stems from piece of work associated with Strauss, Corbin and Clarke. Symbolic interactionism is a sociological perspective that relies on the symbolic meaning people ascribe to the processes of social interaction. Symbolic interactionism addresses the subjective meaning people place on objects, behaviours or events based on what they believe is true.xix,20 Constructivist GT, the third genre developed and explicated by Charmaz, a symbolic interactionist, has its roots in constructivism.viii,16 Constructivist GT'southward methodological underpinnings focus on how participants' construct meaning in relation to the surface area of inquiry.16 A constructivist co-constructs experience and meanings with participants.21 While there are commonalities across all genres of GT, there are factors that distinguish differences between the approaches including the philosophical position of the researcher; the use of literature; and the arroyo to coding, analysis and theory evolution. Following on from Glaser and Strauss, several versions of GT accept ensued.
Grounded theory represents both a method of inquiry and a resultant product of that inquiry.7,22 Glaser and Holton23 ascertain GT every bit 'a set up of integrated conceptual hypotheses systematically generated to produce an inductive theory nigh a substantive area' (p. 43). Strauss and Corbin24 define GT as 'theory that was derived from data, systematically gathered and analysed through the research process' (p. 12). The researcher 'begins with an area of study and allows the theory to emerge from the data' (p. 12). Charmaz16 defines GT as 'a method of conducting qualitative research that focuses on creating conceptual frameworks or theories through edifice inductive assay from the data' (p. 187). Yet, Birks and Millssix refer to GT as a process by which theory is generated from the analysis of data. Theory is not discovered; rather, theory is synthetic past the researcher who views the globe through their own particular lens.
Research process
Before commencing whatever research study, the researcher must have a solid understanding of the enquiry procedure. A well-developed outline of the study and an understanding of the important considerations in designing and undertaking a GT study are essential if the goals of the inquiry are to be achieved. While it is important to have an understanding of how a methodology has adult, in order to motion forward with research, a novice can marshal with a grounded theorist and follow an approach to GT. Using a framework to inform a inquiry design can be a useful modus operandi.
Results
The post-obit section provides insight into the process of undertaking a GT research report. Figure 1 is a framework that summarises the interplay and movement between methods and processes that underpin the generation of a GT. Equally tin can be seen from this framework, and every bit detailed in the discussion that follows, the process of doing a GT research study is non linear, rather it is iterative and recursive.
Research design framework: summary of the coaction betwixt the essential grounded theory methods and processes.
Grounded theory research involves the meticulous application of specific methods and processes. Methods are 'systematic modes, procedures or tools used for drove and assay of data'.25 While GT studies can commence with a variety of sampling techniques, many commence with purposive sampling, followed past concurrent information generation and/or collection and data analysis, through diverse stages of coding, undertaken in conjunction with constant comparative analysis, theoretical sampling and memoing. Theoretical sampling is employed until theoretical saturation is reached. These methods and processes create an unfolding, iterative system of deportment and interactions inherent in GT.6,xvi The methods interconnect and inform the recurrent elements in the research process equally shown by the directional flow of the arrows and the encompassing brackets in Effigy 1. The framework denotes the procedure is both iterative and dynamic and is not one directional. Grounded theory methods are discussed in the following section.
Discussion
Purposive sampling
Equally presented in Figure i, initial purposive sampling directs the collection and/or generation of data. Researchers purposively select participants and/or data sources that tin answer the inquiry question.five,7,sixteen,21 Concurrent data generation and/or data collection and analysis is fundamental to GT research design.6 The researcher collects, codes and analyses this initial data before further data collection/generation is undertaken. Purposeful sampling provides the initial information that the researcher analyses. Equally will be discussed, theoretical sampling then commences from the codes and categories developed from the get-go data set. Theoretical sampling is used to identify and follow clues from the assay, fill up gaps, clarify uncertainties, cheque hunches and test interpretations as the study progresses.
Constant comparative analysis
Constant comparative analysis is an analytical process used in GT for coding and category development. This process commences with the starting time data generated or collected and pervades the enquiry process as presented in Figure i. Incidents are identified in the data and coded.6 The initial phase of analysis compares incident to incident in each code. Initial codes are then compared to other codes. Codes are then collapsed into categories. This process ways the researcher volition compare incidents in a category with previous incidents, in both the same and unlike categories.5 Future codes are compared and categories are compared with other categories. New information is then compared with data obtained before during the analysis phases. This iterative procedure involves inductive and deductive thinking.16 Inductive, deductive and abductive reasoning tin besides be used in data analysis.26
Constant comparative analysis generates increasingly more abstract concepts and theories through inductive processes.16 In addition, abduction, divers as 'a form of reasoning that begins with an examination of the data and the formation of a number of hypotheses that are then proved or disproved during the process of analysis … aids inductive conceptualization'.vi Theoretical sampling coupled with constant comparative analysis raises the conceptual levels of data assay and directs ongoing data collection or generation.6
The constant comparative technique is used to find consistencies and differences, with the aim of continually refining concepts and theoretically relevant categories. This continual comparative iterative process that encompasses GT research sets it apart from a purely descriptive analysis.8
Memoing
Memo writing is an analytic process considered essential 'in ensuring quality in grounded theory'.6 Stern27 offers the analogy that if data are the edifice blocks of the developing theory, and so memos are the 'mortar' (p. 119). Memos are the storehouse of ideas generated and documented through interacting with data.28 Thus, memos are reflective interpretive pieces that build a historic audit trail to document ideas, events and the thought processes inherent in the enquiry process and developing thinking of the analyst.6 Memos provide detailed records of the researchers' thoughts, feelings and intuitive contemplations.vi
Lempert29 considers memo writing crucial equally memos prompt researchers to analyse and code data and develop codes into categories early in the coding process. Memos item why and how decisions made related to sampling, coding, collapsing of codes, making of new codes, separating codes, producing a category and identifying relationships abstracted to a higher level of analysis.6 Thus, memos are informal analytic notes about the information and the theoretical connections between categories.23 Memoing is an ongoing activity that builds intellectual avails, fosters analytic momentum and informs the GT findings.6,10
Generating/collecting data
A hallmark of GT is concurrent data generation/collection and analysis. In GT, researchers may utilise both qualitative and quantitative data as espoused past Glaser'southward dictum; 'all is data'.30 While interviews are a common method of generating data, data sources tin can include focus groups, questionnaires, surveys, transcripts, letters, government reports, documents, grey literature, music, artefacts, videos, blogs and memos.9 Elicited information are produced by participants in response to, or directed by, the researcher whereas extant data includes data that is already bachelor such equally documents and published literature.6,31 While this is one interpretation of how elicited information are generated, other approaches to grounded theory recognise the agency of participants in the co-structure of information with the researcher. The relationship the researcher has with the data, how it is generated and nerveless, will determine the value information technology contributes to the development of the final GT.half-dozen The significance of this human relationship extends into data assay conducted past the researcher through the various stages of coding.
Coding
Coding is an analytical process used to identify concepts, similarities and conceptual reoccurrences in data. Coding is the pivotal link between collecting or generating information and developing a theory that explains the information. Charmazten posits,
codes rely on interaction between researchers and their information. Codes consist of brusk labels that we construct every bit we interact with the data. Something kinaesthetic occurs when we are coding; we are mentally and physically active in the process. (p. five)
In GT, coding can be categorised into iterative phases. Traditional, evolved and constructivist GT genres utilize different terminology to explicate each coding phase (Tabular array 1).
Table 1.
Comparison of coding terminology in traditional, evolved and constructivist grounded theory.
| Grounded theory genre | Coding terminology | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial | Intermediate | Advanced | |
| Traditional | Open coding | Selective coding | Theoretical coding |
| Evolved | Open coding | Axial coding | Selective coding |
| Constructivist | Initial coding | Focused coding | Theoretical coding |
Coding terminology in evolved GT refers to open (a process for developing categories of information), axial (an avant-garde procedure for interconnecting the categories) and selective coding (procedure for building a storyline from cadre codes that connects the categories), producing a discursive set of theoretical propositions.six,12,32 Constructivist grounded theorists refer to initial, focused and theoretical coding.9 Birks and Mills6 use the terms initial, intermediate and advanced coding that link to low, medium and loftier-level conceptual analysis and development. The coding terms devised by Birks and Millshalf dozen were used for Effigy one; however, these tin be altered to reflect the coding terminology used in the respective GT genres selected by the researcher.
Initial coding
Initial coding of data is the preliminary stride in GT data analysis.6,9 The purpose of initial coding is to start the process of fracturing the data to compare incident to incident and to look for similarities and differences in kickoff patterns in the data. In initial coding, the researcher inductively generates as many codes equally possible from early data.16 Important words or groups of words are identified and labelled. In GT, codes identify social and psychological processes and actions as opposed to themes. Charmaz16 emphasises keeping codes as similar to the data as possible and advocates embedding actions in the codes in an iterative coding procedure. Saldaña33 agrees that codes that denote action, which he calls process codes, tin be used interchangeably with gerunds (verbs ending in ing). In vivo codes are oftentimes verbatim quotes from the participants' words and are oft used equally the labels to capture the participant'southward words every bit representative of a broader concept or process in the data.6 Table 1 reflects variation in the terminology of codes used by grounded theorists.
Initial coding categorises and assigns meaning to the information, comparison incident-to-incident, labelling kickoff patterns and beginning to look for comparisons between the codes. During initial coding, it is of import to ask 'what is this data a report of'.xviii What does the data assume, 'suggest' or 'pronounce' and 'from whose point of view' does this data come, whom does it correspond or whose thoughts are they?.16 What collectively might it represent? The procedure of documenting reactions, emotions and related deportment enables researchers to explore, challenge and intensify their sensitivity to the data.34 Early coding assists the researcher to place the direction for further data gathering. After initial analysis, theoretical sampling is employed to direct collection of additional information that will inform the 'developing theory'.nine Initial coding advances into intermediate coding once categories begin to develop.
Theoretical sampling
The purpose of theoretical sampling is to allow the researcher to follow leads in the data by sampling new participants or material that provides relevant data. As depicted in Figure 1, theoretical sampling is central to GT pattern, aids the evolving theory5,7,16 and ensures the final developed theory is grounded in the data.ix Theoretical sampling in GT is for the development of a theoretical category, every bit opposed to sampling for population representation.10 Novice researchers need to admit this difference if they are to attain congruence within the methodology. Birks and Mills6 define theoretical sampling as 'the process of identifying and pursuing clues that arise during analysis in a grounded theory report' (p. 68). During this process, boosted information is sought to saturate categories under development. The assay identifies relationships, highlights gaps in the existing data set and may reveal insight into what is not still known. The exemplars in Box i highlight how theoretical sampling led to the inclusion of further data.
Box 1.
Examples of theoretical sampling.
In Chamberlain-Salaun35 GT study, 'the initial purposive round of concurrent information generation and analysis generated codes around concepts of physical inability and how a person'south health condition influences the style experts collaborate with consumers. Based on initial codes and concepts the researcher decided to theoretically sample people with disabilities and or carers/parents of children with disabilities to pursue the concepts farther' (p. 77).
In Edwards36 grounded theory study, theoretical sampling led to the inclusion of the partners of women who had presented to the emergency section. 'In i interview a woman spoke of beingness enlightened that the ED staff had not acknowledged her partner. This statement led me to inquire other women during their interviews if they had similar experiences, and ultimately to interview the partners to proceeds their perspectives. The study originally intended to simply focus on the women and the nursing staff who provided the intendance' (p. 50).
Thus, theoretical sampling is used to focus and generate data to feed the iterative process of continual comparative analysis of the data.half-dozen
Intermediate coding
Intermediate coding, identifying a core category, theoretical data saturation, constant comparative analysis, theoretical sensitivity and memoing occur in the next phase of the GT process.six Intermediate coding builds on the initial coding phase. Where initial coding fractures the data, intermediate coding begins to transform bones information into more abstruse concepts allowing the theory to emerge from the data. During this analytic stage, a process of reviewing categories and identifying which ones, if any, can be subsumed beneath other categories occurs and the properties or dimension of the adult categories are refined. Properties refer to the characteristics that are common to all the concepts in the category and dimensions are the variations of a property.37
At this phase, a cadre category starts to get evident as developed categories form around a cadre concept; relationships are identified betwixt categories and the analysis is refined. Birks and Mills6 assert that diagramming can aid analysis in the intermediate coding phase. Grounded theorists interact closely with the data during this phase, continually reassessing meaning to ascertain 'what is really going on' in the data.xxx Theoretical saturation ensues when new data analysis does not provide additional cloth to existing theoretical categories, and the categories are sufficiently explained.6
Advanced coding
Birks and Millssix described advanced coding every bit the 'techniques used to facilitate integration of the final grounded theory' (p. 177). These authors promote storyline technique (described in the following section) and theoretical coding equally strategies for advancing analysis and theoretical integration. Advanced coding is essential to produce a theory that is grounded in the information and has explanatory power.6 During the avant-garde coding stage, concepts that reach the stage of categories will be abstract, representing stories of many, reduced into highly conceptual terms. The findings are presented as a set of interrelated concepts as opposed to presenting themes.28 Explanatory statements detail the relationships betwixt categories and the central core category.28
Storyline is a tool that tin be used for theoretical integration. Birks and Mills6 define storyline every bit 'a strategy for facilitating integration, structure, formulation, and presentation of research findings through the production of a coherent grounded theory' (p. 180). Storyline technique is first proposed with limited attention in Basics of Qualitative Research by Strauss and Corbin12 and farther adult past Birks et al.38 as a tool for theoretical integration. The storyline is the conceptualisation of the core category.6 This process builds a story that connects the categories and produces a discursive prepare of theoretical propositions.24 Birks and Mills6 contend that storyline tin can be 'used to produce a comprehensive rendering of your grounded theory' (p. 118). Birks et al.38 had earlier concluded, 'storyline enhances the development, presentation and comprehension of the outcomes of grounded theory enquiry' (p. 405). Once the storyline is developed, the GT is finalised using theoretical codes that 'provide a framework for enhancing the explanatory power of the storyline and its potential as theory'.6 Thus, storyline is the explication of the theory.
Theoretical coding occurs as the final culminating stage towards achieving a GT.39,xl The purpose of theoretical coding is to integrate the substantive theory.41 Saldaña40 states, 'theoretical coding integrates and synthesises the categories derived from coding and analysis to now create a theory' (p. 224). Initial coding fractures the data while theoretical codes 'weave the fractured story dorsum together once again into an organized whole theory'.18 Advanced coding that integrates extant theory adds further explanatory power to the findings.6 The examples in Box ii describe the use of storyline as a technique.
Box 2.
Writing the storyline.
Baldwin42 describes in her GT written report how 'the process of writing the storyline immune in-depth descriptions of the categories, and word of how the categories of (i) creating a context for learning, (ii) creating a context for accurate rehearsal and (iii) mirroring identity fit together to form the final theory: reconciling professional identity' (pp. 125–126). 'The utilize of storyline every bit part of the finalisation of the theory from the data ensured that the terminal theory was grounded in the data' (p. 201).
In Chamberlain-Salaun35 GT study, writing the storyline enabled the identification of 'gaps in the developing theory and to clarify categories and concepts. To address the gaps the researcher iteratively returned to the data and to the field and refine the storyline. One time the storyline was developed raw data was incorporated to support the story in much the same way every bit dialogue is included in a storybook or novel'.35
Theoretical sensitivity
As presented in Effigy i, theoretical sensitivity encompasses the unabridged research process. Glaser and Strauss5 initially described the term theoretical sensitivity in The Discovery of Grounded Theory. Theoretical sensitivity is the power to know when you identify a data segment that is important to your theory. While Strauss and Corbin12 depict theoretical sensitivity equally the insight into what is meaningful and of significance in the data for theory evolution, Birks and Mills6 define theoretical sensitivity every bit 'the ability to recognise and extract from the information elements that accept relevance for the emerging theory' (p. 181). Conducting GT enquiry requires a residue between keeping an open mind and the ability to place elements of theoretical significance during data generation and/or drove and data analysis.6
Several analytic tools and techniques tin can exist used to enhance theoretical sensitivity and increase the grounded theorist's sensitivity to theoretical constructs in the data.28 Birks and Mills6 state, 'as a grounded theorist becomes immersed in the data, their level of theoretical sensitivity to analytic possibilities will increase' (p. 12). Developing sensitivity as a grounded theorist and the application of theoretical sensitivity throughout the research procedure allows the analytical focus to be directed towards theory development and ultimately result in an integrated and abstruse GT.6 The instance in Box 3 highlights how analytic tools are employed to increase theoretical sensitivity.
Box 3.
Theoretical sensitivity.
Hoare et al.43 described how the lead author 'danced with data in pursuit of heightened theoretical sensitivity in a grounded theory written report of information apply by nurses working in general do in New Zealand'. The article described the analytic tools the researcher used 'to increment theoretical sensitivity' which included 'reading the literature, open coding, category edifice, reflecting in memos followed by doubling back on data collection in one case farther lines of enquiry are opened up'. The commodity offers 'an example of how analytical tools are employed to theoretically sample emerging concepts' (pp. 240–241).
The grounded theory
The meticulous application of essential GT methods refines the analysis resulting in the generation of an integrated, comprehensive GT that explains a process relating to a particular miracle.6 The results of a GT study are communicated as a ready of concepts, related to each other in an interrelated whole, and expressed in the production of a substantive theory.five,7,16 A substantive theory is a theoretical interpretation or caption of a studied phenomenonhalf dozen,17 Thus, the hallmark of grounded theory is the generation of theory 'bathetic from, or grounded in, data generated and collected by the researcher'.six Still, to ensure quality in research requires the application of rigour throughout the research process.
Quality and rigour
The quality of a grounded theory can exist related to 3 distinct areas underpinned by (1) the researcher's expertise, knowledge and enquiry skills; (2) methodological congruence with the research question; and (3) procedural precision in the utilize of methods.6 Methodological congruence is substantiated when the philosophical position of the researcher is coinciding with the inquiry question and the methodological arroyo selected.6 Data collection or generation and belittling conceptualisation need to be rigorous throughout the research process to secure excellence in the final grounded theory.44
Procedural precision requires conscientious attention to maintaining a detailed audit trail, data management strategies and demonstrable procedural logic recorded using memos.6 Organisation and management of research information, memos and literature tin can be assisted using software programs such as NVivo. An audit trail of controlling, changes in the direction of the research and the rationale for decisions fabricated are essential to ensure rigour in the terminal grounded theory.6
Determination
This article offers a framework to aid novice researchers visualise the iterative processes that underpin a GT study. The cardinal procedure and methods used to generate an integrated grounded theory take been described. Novice researchers can adapt the framework presented to inform and guide the design of a GT study. This framework provides a useful guide to visualise the interplay between the methods and processes inherent in conducting GT. Research conducted ethically and with meticulous attention to process volition ensure quality research outcomes that have relevance at the practise level.
Footnotes
Declaration of conflicting interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the enquiry, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Funding: The author(s) received no fiscal support for the enquiry, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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