Informed Grounded Theory

“Second, the dictum can easily be used as an excuse for lazy ignorance of the literature (Silverman, 2000; Suddaby, 2006), which may lead to the belief and accusation that such research is “easy” and “atheoretical” (Morse, 1994).”

“Therefore, reflexivity is viewed as highly important among many later grounded theorists (e.g., Charmaz, 2006, 2008; Dey 2007; Dunne, 2011; McGhee et al., 2007; Mills et al., 2006a; Mruck & Mey, 2007).”

“According to Glaser (2004), memos are “theoretical notes about the data and the conceptual connections between categories” (p. 61).”

“There are, for instance, GT researchers who witness how literature in the field helped them to draw their attention to details in data, and then being able to go beyond the literature in their analysis (e.g. Bowen, 2006; Dunne, 2011; Stern, 2007).”

“This GT’s informed approach requires reviewing the literature throughout the entire research process (Thornberg, 2012).”

“Having the opportunity to perform their exercises with the physiotherapist was motivating for many participants (Quotes 30, 31).”

“The analysis followed principles of informed grounded theory in which there was iterative data collection and analysis and continuous literature review (Themelis et al., 2023; Thornberg, 2012).”

“Given that prior research has described distinctive pedagogical characteristics of AEs, we adopted specifically an informed and deductive – inductive grounded theory approach (Fife & Gossner, 2024; Thornberg, 2012).”

“A hybrid deductive-inductive approach was employed, drawing from Informed Grounded Theory [35, 36] .”

“Following Thornberg (2012), we adopt an ‘informed grounded theory’ approach in which GT procedures support inductive exploration without requiring full theory construction.”

“This approach is especially useful when findings challenge existing assumptions (for an example see S2 File), supporting theory development and/or refinement through a dynamic, reflective process [25,26].”

“When newly collected materials no longer yield fresh theoretical insights or reveal new attributes, the theory has reached saturation (Thornberg 2012).”

“Extant concepts can be used in GT analysis, as long as they ‘earn their way’ (Thornberg, 2012, 253) through comparison with data from the field.”

“…of actively drawing on literature and theoretical frameworks as “ adapted grounded theory ” (Agranoff, 2007, p. 39) or “ informed grounded theory ” (Thornberg, 2012, p. 249), which entails actively engaging with relevant research literature and theory when analyzing data and constructing…”

“Using ideas developed during the face-to-face whole team veitalanoa, one of the non-Fijian team members coded the transcipts using Informed Grounded Theory (Thornberg, 2012).”

“The analysis was conducted using an informed grounded theory approach (Thornberg, 2012), whereby the initial observation of student participation in the TEAMS channels led to intentionally sampled inter-views and the construction of three cases.”

“However, the codes and themes were not forced onto the data, but were formulated due to their close fit with what the interviewees suggested (see Thornberg, 2012).”

“Appeal decisions were coded in NVivo by following “ informed grounded theory ” , a methodology in which codes emerge from the text, albeit drawing on ongoing literature reviews, with an eye on the inductive development of a theoretical account (Charmaz 2014; Thornberg 2012).”

“Sensitising concepts for IGT analysis were informed by experience in Melanesian village life, academic research practice, written literature and ‘oral literature’ (Sanga, Johansson-Fua et al. 2021), the spoken words of experts from oral cultures.”

“Consciously choosing theoretical pluralism (see, e.g., Breuer et al., 2019, p. 147; Thornberg, 2012, pp. 250 – 251) as a strategy to approach the fi eld of interest from various perspectives, even (or especially) from those not coming naturally to us, may help us remain sensitive to the data.”

“Thornberg (2012) even argued that the “ grounded theorist has to accept the impossibility of pure induction and at the same time recognize the analytical power of the constant interplay between induction (in which he or she is never tabula rasa) and abduction ” (pp. 247 – 248).”

“Through the method of informed grounded theory (Thornberg, 2012), we examine the concept of mission internalization and organizational commitment using educational employee experiences at an event, Ducks University, arranged by a non-profit conservation organization: Ducks Unlimited.”

“…with the research participants provided empirical insights with which to construct a new theory (Charmaz, 2017, 2021; Charmaz & Thornberg, 2021; Thornberg, 2012; Thornberg & Charmaz, 2014; Thornberg & Dunne, 2019), while the literature review increased our theoretical sensitivity (Birks &…”

“This de fi nition seemed to cohere with the ‘ theoretical playfulness ’ of grounded theory research (Thornberg 2012, 253).”

“In light of the constructivist GT tradition, the author utilized an informed grounded strategy with a constructivist approach by taking the advantage of pre-existing theories and research findings creatively and flexibly (Thornberg, 2012).”

“Perinteisestä ja yksinomaan aineistolähtöisestä grounded theorystä (Glaser & Strauss 2006 [1967]) poiketen informoidussa grounded theoryssä yhdistetään tutkimuskirjallisuudesta poimittuja käsitteitä aineistosta nouseviin kategorioihin (Thornberg 2012; Charmaz 2006; Mills ym.”

“Following transcription, the data was subjected to iterative informed grounded theory analysis (Thornberg, 2012).”

“In “classic” grounded theory formed by Glaser and Strauss [15], the researcher delays conducting a literature review until the analysis is nearly finished [16].”

“The analysis was conducted by coding the transcribed data with a qualitative research approach based on informed grounded theory (Thornberg, 2012).”

“Samtidig er det krevende, antakelig umulig, å legge fra seg all forforståelse (Thornberg, 2012), og resultatene vil derfor være uløselig knyttet til forskernes foregående kunnskap om feltet.”

“The literature was used to “enhance, rather than constrain” the development of the main theoretical categories (Strauss & Corbin, 1998, p.49, Thornberg, 2012) and to help highlight the contributions of the emerging theoretical framework to the extant literature on pricing and revenue management.”

“Ignoring everything that has gone before may lead the researcher to develop theories that are already fully exposed, or, worse, to trivialise the problem being addressed (Thornberg 2012).”

“However, the researcher referred to the Informed Grounded Theory (Thornberg, 2012) where the researcher first examines the related previous studies and then starts to analyze the data in order to avoid the possibility of missing important aspects, dealing with unnecessary items, coming up with unrelated categories and…”

“However, their view of ‚delaying the literature‛ was criticized by Thornberg (2012) and it was stated that the related literature should be examined before the categorization of qualitative findings due to the possibility of missing important points or being left with unrelated categories.”

“However, we always needed to keep our mind open, be aware of our assumptions and develop our theory grounded on data [17,19].”

“viewing an object of study in different ways and different viewpoints to show relationships (Ohlhorst & Schon, 2015), secondary analysis of previously used data set (Glaser, 2007), and informed grounded theory where the researcher uses literature review strategies to develop and refine theory (Thornberg, 2012).”

“The analysis was an informed grounded analysis (Thornberg 2012) conducted on the qualitative data; it was coded line-byline (primarily in vivo), conceptualized and categorized using NVivo software (as”