Hey there! Nicely presented and comprehensive video, thank you! I´ve got a question concerning the gathering of the data. Let´s assume, to answer my research question, I would have to question two different types of positions in two different types of organisations (e.g. CEOs and project-managers of for-profit companies and CEOs and project managers of non-profit organisations). When conducting the interviews, do I devise different sets of questions for the distinct categories of interviewees? Your take on this would be highly appreciated! Thanks a bunch in advance.
Thank you for your question 👍 yes, absolutely. In your case I would develop the interview guide for one of these groups first and then adapt it to the others. Then you end up with 2 (or 4) slightly different versions of your guide (you can also explain why this was necessary in your methods section). However, the guides should only differ in those aspects that are unique for each group (e.g. CEO vs. project manager). The majority of the questions should be similar. However, for grounded theory, it is OK if your questions (and your interview guide) evolve over time (theoretical sampling). I also have a tutorial on developing an interview guide, maybe that will be useful to you. Best of luck!
Hi Sabrina, thank you for your question. Generally, I would choose one particular approach to grounded theory and then stick to it. This could be Gioia et al. (2013) or Glaser (1978) or Strauss and Corbin (1998) or Charmaz (2014) and so on. The Gioia method speaks about coding techniques that are equivalent to open coding and axial coding for example. These are just labels for different steps of the method and different authors use different labels. So when you do the Gioia method, you automatically do open coding and axial coding, it is just called differently in the Gioia et al. paper. But generally I would not mix too many authors, their suggestions, and labels. Stick to the one Grounded Theory guideline that resonates with you most and serves your purpose well (your research objective). Best of luck! Philip
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Hey there! Nicely presented and comprehensive video, thank you! I´ve got a question concerning the gathering of the data. Let´s assume, to answer my research question, I would have to question two different types of positions in two different types of organisations (e.g. CEOs and project-managers of for-profit companies and CEOs and project managers of non-profit organisations). When conducting the interviews, do I devise different sets of questions for the distinct categories of interviewees? Your take on this would be highly appreciated! Thanks a bunch in advance.
Thank you for your question 👍 yes, absolutely. In your case I would develop the interview guide for one of these groups first and then adapt it to the others. Then you end up with 2 (or 4) slightly different versions of your guide (you can also explain why this was necessary in your methods section). However, the guides should only differ in those aspects that are unique for each group (e.g. CEO vs. project manager). The majority of the questions should be similar.
However, for grounded theory, it is OK if your questions (and your interview guide) evolve over time (theoretical sampling). I also have a tutorial on developing an interview guide, maybe that will be useful to you. Best of luck!
Thanks so much for this video, very helpful!
I'm glad you liked it. :)
hi can we use gioia method,constant comparison and open,axial and selective coding together?
Hi Sabrina, thank you for your question. Generally, I would choose one particular approach to grounded theory and then stick to it. This could be Gioia et al. (2013) or Glaser (1978) or Strauss and Corbin (1998) or Charmaz (2014) and so on. The Gioia method speaks about coding techniques that are equivalent to open coding and axial coding for example. These are just labels for different steps of the method and different authors use different labels. So when you do the Gioia method, you automatically do open coding and axial coding, it is just called differently in the Gioia et al. paper. But generally I would not mix too many authors, their suggestions, and labels. Stick to the one Grounded Theory guideline that resonates with you most and serves your purpose well (your research objective). Best of luck! Philip