Grounded Theory Method: Philosophical Perspectives, Paradigm of Inquiry, and Postmodernism
- 1 August 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Qualitative Health Research
- Vol. 6 (3) , 379-393
- https://doi.org/10.1177/104973239600600306
Abstract
The understanding of grounded theory method is partly dependent on an awareness of the method's ontological, epistemological, and methodological perspectives; the traditional symbolic interactionist theoretical underpinnings; and the identification of the relevant paradigm of inquiry within which the method resides. An analysis of these factors suggests that grounded theory method has traditionally been sited in a postpositivist inquiry paradigm but is evolving and moving toward the constructivist inquiry paradigm. The suggestion is made that the postmodern status of the method is also evolving.Keywords
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