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The Grounded Theory Seminar Reader (2007) Mill Valley, CA: Sociology Press
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The humble purpose of this Reader is to help researchers, especially PhD candidates, doing GT keep to the rigorous procedures of the methodology by exampling. Its further purpose is also to inspire the doing of GT by the conceptual "grab" of these papers and also to show GT's diverse worldwide use by many disciplines. These papers are a result, in part, of work in the GT Troubleshooting seminars held over the past ten years in the USA and northern Europe. There are many dimensions to exampling that will benefit those who read this volume. For the novice, of course, exampling shows the way, inspires their efforts to achieve a GT thesis or dissertation and motivates their efforts to persist through the process of learning and applying the methodology. For the more experienced grounded theorist, exampling offers the delight of reading grounded theories from a diverse range of disciplines and discovering new concepts that capture with imagery and spin with general application beyond the paper at hand.
Like the earlier Readers, this Reader serves as companion to Dr. Glaser's methodological works. Cycling through Discovery (1967), Theoretical Sensitivity (1978), Doing (1998) and the Perspectives series (2001, 2003, 2005), reading and re-reading them and turning to the Reader to see how others have used the methodology will energize and stimulate the theorist's grasp and sensitivity to the conceptual power of classic GT.