1. An Invitation to Grounded Theory Emergence of Grounded Theory -- Constructing Grounded Theory -- Constructing Grounded Theory at a Glance

2. Gathering Rich Data Thinking about Methods -- Grounded Theory in Ethnography -- Intensive Interviewing -- Textual Analysis -- Concluding Thoughts

3. Coding in Grounded Theory Practice Grounded Theory Coding -- Initial Coding -- Focused Coding -- Axial Coding -- Theoretical Coding -- Reducing Problems in Coding -- Concluding Thoughts

4. Memo-writing Methods of Memo-writing -- Adopting Writers' Strategies : Prewriting Exercises -- Using Memos to Raise Focused Codes to Conceptual Categories -- Concluding Thoughts

5. Theoretical Sampling, Saturation, and Sorting Theoretical Sampling -- Saturating Theoretical Categories -- Theoretical Sorting, Diagramming, and Integrating -- Concluding Thoughts

6. Reconstructing Theory in Grounded Theory Studies What Is Theory? -- Constructivist and Objectivist Grounded Theory -- Theorizing in Grounded Theories -- Inspecting Grounded Theories -- Concluding Thoughts

7. Writing the Draft Regarding Writing -- Revising Early Drafts -- Returning to the Library : Literature Reviews and Theoretical Framework -- The Disputed Literature Review -- Writing the Theoretical Framework -- Rendering Through Writing -- Concluding Thoughts

8. Reflecting on the Research Process The Core of Grounded Theory : Contested Versions and Revisions -- The Union of Comparative Methods and Interaction in Grounded Theory -- What Defines a Grounded Theory? -- Evaluating Grounded Theory -- Criteria for Grounded Theory Studies -- Grounded Theory of the Past, Present, and Future

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