On Emergence and Forcing in Information Systems Grounded Theory Studies: The Case of Strauss and Corbin

• Published in: Journal of information technology Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 237 - 260
• Main Authors: Seidel, Stefan, Urquhart, Cathy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.09.2013; Palgrave Macmillan UK; Palgrave Macmillan; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Business and Management; Business Information Systems; Debates; Exact sciences and technology; Grounded theory; Information and communication sciences; Information science. Documentation; Information systems; Information Systems and Communication Service; Innovation/Technology Management; Library and information science. General aspects; Management; Qualitative research; Research Article; Research methodology; Research methods; Researchers; Sciences and techniques of general use; Studies; Use; research methods; Strauss and Corbin coding paradigm; constructivist grounded theory; theory building; grounded theory; Paradigm; Information system; Systems theory; Method; Research; Case study; Coding; Information theory

Grounded theory method (GTM), which has been increasingly used in the information systems (IS) field, is a contested method. GTM has even been viewed as a family of methods by Antony Bryant and Kathy Charmaz in the respected ‘Handbook of Grounded Theory’. One debate that is of particular relevance i...