Using an adapted grounded theory approach for inductive theory building about virtual team development
- 31 December 2000
- journal article
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in ACM SIGMIS Database: the DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems
- Vol. 32 (1), 38-56
- https://doi.org/10.1145/506740.506745
Abstract
This paper outlines how the grounded theory methodology was adapted to develop a process model of collaboration in virtual teams. The data analysis was conducted using an adapted version of open coding, axial coding, and selective coding procedures offered by Strauss and Corbin (1990). In applying the grounded theory procedures, the objective was to stay true to the goals and spirit of each coding procedure, while modifying details of procedural steps that were too mechanistic or impractical. The paper develops a meta-theoretical framework through a synthesis of the data, the symbolic interactionist perspective, and structuration theory. This framework is an alternative to the "paradigm model" during selective coding of data.Keywords
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