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Grounded Theory Method: Philosophical Perspectives, Paradigm of Inquiry, and Postmodernism

Flinders University of South Australia

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.

Qualitative Health Research, Vol. 6, No. 3, 379-393 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/104973239600600306


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