Example of a grounded theory research proposal

Karen Biddle's book, Grounded theory in management research, has over 2000 citations on Google Scholar, and you can use that site to search within those citations (just click on the number of citations, which in my browser is highlighted in blue).

Grounded theory is a useful methodology in doctoral inquiry because it provides the opportunity to demonstrate critical and independent reasoning, the ability to conceptualise, design and implement research methodologies and to provide unique insight into specific social phenomena.

In this paper we provide a worked example of a grounded theory project. Our aim is to provide a model for practice, to connect medical researchers with a useful methodology, and to increase the quality of 'grounded theory' research published in the medical literature.

The epistemological purpose of grounded theory research and how it differs to other inductive methodologies b. Different types of grounded theory methodologies and a justification of which best suits your research purpose. Once you have chosen, then stick to this particular formulation and do not deviate.