The Grounded Theory Institute.
The official site of Dr. Barney Glaser and Classic Grounded Theory.
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Check out the latest issue of the Grounded Theory Review.
Volume 9, Issue no. 2, June 2010
Editorial Judith A. Holton, Ph.D.
The Future of Grounded Theory Barney G. Glaser, Ph.D., Hon. Ph.D.
Is That a Real Theory or Did You Just Make It Up? Teaching Classic Grounded Theory Odis E. Simmons, Ph.D
Theories in Progress Series: Perpetual Identity Constructing Alison Clancy, RGN, M.Sc., HDNS (Diabetes), PGrad Dip(Teaching and Learning), Ph.D.Candidate
Book Review: Glaserian grounded theory in nursing research: Trusting emergence (Artinian, B.M., Giske, T., & Cone, P.H.) Antoinette M. McCallin, RN, Ph.D.
Check it out: http://www.groundedtheoryreview.com/volume9no2.htm
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We are pleased to announce that Dr. Antoinette McCallin, Ph.D., RN, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand has been appointed Associate Editor of The Grounded Theory Review . Dr. McCallin will be chiefly responsible for the journal's peer review process. All submissions to the Review can be forwarded to Dr. McCallin at amccalli@aut.ac.nz. For further details on the submission of papers see www.groundedtheoryreview.com/submissions.htm.
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Next troubleshooting seminars:
New York City October 22-24, 2010. Led by Dr Barney Glaser.
For further info contact: jillian@sociologypress.com
See Seminars for further information on all the upcoming seminars. Barney Glaser's now world famous troubleshooting seminars are designed for PhD candidates to trouble shoot exactly their next question in writing, doing their GT dissertation. The goal is to get candidates closer to finishing the PhD dissertation, by troubleshooting their current GT problem(s) and listening to other student's current GT problems in an open, supportive and noncompetitive discussion. Seminars cover the many GT issues candidates face in completing their PhD dissertation. All students will learn from each other, and receive invaluable help.
Seminars
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The world of GT is constantly expanding. Doing Grounded Theory is now available in Swedish:
Att göra grundad teori
It has been translated by GTI Fellow Hans Thulesius, and Thomas Åström. It is available at www.sociologypress.com
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Beware: If you want to purchase any of Glaser's books and you go to Amazon, you are going to pay 2, 3 even 4 times as much as you would pay at sociologypress.com, for the exact same book.
Did you know that if you go to Google Scholar and type in "Barney Glaser," You will see over 7,000 results. According to this site, Discover of Grounded Theory is cited in over 27,000 books/articles. Theoretical Sensitivity is cited in over 3600 books/articles.
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Announcing the launch of a wonderful new website for GT researchers. It is called Grounded Theory Online. Its goal is to offer online:
- tailored support to research students;
- support to PhD supervisors and research committees; and
- consultancy to industry, post doc and professional researchers
Check it out!
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Dr. Barney Glaser's latest Books:
Jargonizing: The Use of the Grounded Theory Vocabulary : a comparative analysis of the 37 articles in the Sage Handbook of Grounded Theory. Click here and read the first chapter, now available on this website under Books/Journals.
Also available:
Doing Quantitative Grounded Theory.
Check it out, and many others at sociologypress.com
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Basics of Grounded Theory Analysis is now available in Mandarin
Go to sociologypress.com to order
Also, you will soon be able to order
DOING GROUNDED THEORY IN MANDARIN translated by Dr Foster Fei (2010), ISBN 1-884156-22-3, 进行扎根理论研究：论题与探讨, 巴尼 G. 格拉泽（著） 费小冬 （译） 社会学出版社，美国.
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Discovery of Grounded Theory has been translated now into Polish, and is being published by the "Nomo's" Publishing Company in the next year. To order a copy go to:
http://www.nomos.pl/cgibin/shop?buy=995&sid=0df59ba2
Discovery of Grounded Theory has also be published in Italian and can be purchased directly from the publisher http://www.armando.it/cms/sito/prodotto.asp?id=2237. The book will be presented in Rome on November 27th. Hear is the announcement:
FORUM NAZIONALE “ANALISI QUALITATIVA” (FNAQ)
Roma, 27 novembre 2009
Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Educazione
Ore 12,30
Presentazione del volume di Barney G. Glaser, Anselm L. Strauss,
a cura di A. Strati
LA SCOPERTA DELLA GROUNDED THEORY.
STRATEGIE PER LA RICERCA QUALITATIVA
(Armando, Roma, 2009)
e del volume di Massimiliano Tarozzi
CHE COS’È LA GROUNDED THEORY
(Carocci, Roma, 2008)
Interventi di Antonio Strati e Massimiliano Tarozzi
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A Recently Discovered Article!
An article written by Dr. Glaser in 1965 (before Discovery of Grounded Theory) is now available on the forum. It demonstrates that Dr. Glaser already had conceived and written about all the basic principles of grounded theory before his work with Anselm Strauss. Read it now.
Recent PhDs
A big congratulation goes out to
Dr. Kim Trahan. She just completed her PhD from Saybrook University. Her dissertation is titled, "
The Grounded Theory of Building Capacity in Organizational Leadership Through the Cultivation of Awareness, Attention, and Caring" We enjoyed hearing about Kim's study at several of our seminars, and we wish her a wonderful career!
I am pleased to announce that Linda Poisseroux has just received her PhD in Business Organization and Management. Congratulation Dr. Poisseroux! Her dissertation was titled: Making a Difference: A Grounded Theory Study of Employee Involvement in the Workplace.
Our very own Anna, is now Dr. Sandgren. She successfully defended in May, to much acclaim. Her dissertation is titled "Deciphering Unwritten Rules: Patients, relatives and nurses in palliative cancer care," and is available at Linnaeus University Press. Congratulations Anna!
Johnben Loy has just written to tell me that on May 13th he successfully defended his dissertation. He got wonderful comments, and no rewrites! His dissertation is titled: "Dynasting Across Cultures: A Grounded Theory of Malaysian Chinese Family Firms." Congratulations Dr. Johnben Loy!
Another troubleshooting seminar participant successfully defined her dissertation. Dr. Patricia Wright earned her PhD in December. Congratulations Trish!
Congratulations to Dr. Evelyn Gordon! She receiving her degree from Dublin City University. Her dissertation was on "Re-vitalizing Worthiness" in relation to transcending suicidality. Evelyn attended our GT seminar in NY in 2009.
Joke van Niekerk just received word that his dissertation was approved. Congratulation! Joke came all the way from South Africa to participate in our October 2006 GT seminar. His dissertation is titled: Cost and reward as motivating factors in distributed collaborative learning assignments: A grounded theory analysis. Best of luck to Dr. Johanna Cornelia van Niekerk.
Another GT seminar graduate, Janet Wood successfully defended on Friday, Nov. 6th at University College London. Her thesis was entitled: Advancing Agendas: a Grounded Theory of engagement with interagency meetings. Congratulations Dr. Janet Wood, we wish you many more successes.
Just found out that Dr. Bob Prue received his PhD with honors in July of '08. His dissertation was on the Native American Church as a treatment and support for drug/alcohol addiction. A belated congratulations, Bob.
Another one of our seminar participants just passed his defense with flying colors. A big congratulation to Dr. Scott Rader who recently received his PhD from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His field of study is Consumer Behavior and his dissertation looked at interaction with mobile technology producers.
Dr. Tom Andrews reports that "Dr. Mark Philbin successfully defended his PhD yesterday in Dublin. His thesis went through without any corrections, meaning the PhD was awarded immediately! Mark did very well and we all enjoyed the Viva. "
Dr. James Jones, who came to the Mill Vallley Seminar in 2007, received his Ed.D. in July 2008. His dissertation was on the information-seeking behavior of people in the construction industry. Congratulations James!
Dr. Trisha Fritz, one of our long time seminar participants, received her PhD in June of 2006. Her dissertation was: "Untenable Accountability: No Principal Left Behind, Everyday Professional Development under No Child Behind" A belated congratulation to you Trisha.
Another seminar participant recently received her Doctorate. Dr. Lorrie Brown's dissertation: Perceiving and Communicating Love: A Grounded Exploration or Recalled Leader-Follower Interactions From Middlechildhood, was accepted Dec. 1, 2008. Congratulations Lorrie.
We are happy to add Dr. Pernilla Pergert to the list of successful PhDs. Her thesis: Facading in Transcultural Caring Relationships: Healthcare Staff and Foreign-born Parents in Childhood Cancer Care. She successfully defended in Stockholm, June 2008.
A big congratulations to Dr. Magdalena Verheyen who received her PhD in the UK. Her thesis was: SURVIVALISING AMONG HOMELESS PEOPLE WITH TUBERCULOSIS: A GROUNDED THEORY STUDY
Another one of the GTI seminar participants has earned her degree. Dr. Rhonda Rabbitt is now Interim Director, College of Liberal Studies School of Education, University of Wisconsin-La Cross. Congratulations Rhonda!
Taira St. John has received her PhD. Her dissertation was Titled: A Grounded Theory of Domestic Violence Perpetration: Normalizing the Abnormal. Congratulations Taira!
Congratulations to Dr. Jacqueline Flynn of Christchurch, New Zealand for receiving her PhD!
Congratulations to Dr. Virginia Crowe who has received her doctorate right her in the USA. Her dissertation was titled: From Unknown to Known: A Grounded Theory Study Among Those Who Have Learned About and From Their Depression.
Congratulations Dr. Carol Roderick ! Her dissertation topic was “Commodifying Self: A Grounded Theory of the Senior Year of Undergraduate Study”.
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The Grounded Theory Institute is dedicated to helping people learn about authentic Grounded Theory (otherwise knows as Glaserian, Classic, or Orthodox Grounded Theory). It is a place where scholars come together to aid each other in the pursuit of a better understanding of GT. From the novice to the GT teacher, there is always a deeper level of understanding possible when it come to the procedures and the power of GT.