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Transformational grounded theory: Theory, voice, and action

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posted on 2021-02-22, 04:42 authored by M Redman-MacLaren, Jane MillsJane Mills
© 2015 Redman-MacLaren and Mills. Grounded theory has been evolving methodologically since Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss first described it in the late 1960s. Initially underpinned by modernist philosophy, grounded theory has had recent turns including the adoption of both constructivism and postmodernism. This article explores ontological offerings of critical realism as a basis for transformational grounded theory informed by participatory action research and decolonizing research methodologies. The potential for both theory and action to result from this critical grounded theory methodology, which promotes greater participation and equity of power for positive change, is the transformational in transformational grounded theory.

Funding

Michelle Redman-MacLaren acknowledges the financial support of the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (GNT1038658) and the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation.

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Publication Date

2015-07-01

Journal

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

Volume

14

Issue

3

Pagination

12p. (p. 1-12)

Publisher

SAGE

ISSN

1609-4069

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