What Is Grounded Theory?

Grounded theory has emerged from the knowledge of Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss in early 1967. Later on, Strauss developed a highly structured, fully qualitative book with Juliet Corbin.
Grounded theory is a form of a qualitative research which studies individuals' experiences with some kind of a process and then creates a theory or an explanation of how that process works. It mainly relies on interviews, observations, and artifacts.
The theory that is created in grounded theory is generated only from the data that is collected in the study. The theory does not come from other sources, for example other theories, textbooks or the researcher's own opinions or someone. That is why grounded theory is called grounded theory. Because the theory is founded in the data collected in the study. When using grounded theory, it is essential to find out whether it will answer our research question or not. Grounded theory is applied when there are no existing theories or there are limited theories regarding the process that is of interest to the researcher or there is a theory or theories that exist but they were created for a certain group of people that the researcher is interested in.
These interviews are being conducted until saturation is reached. It usually ranges from 20 to 30+interviews.
The interview questions are always open ended. In order to create a good solid theory, usually they are based on the following: 1.What was the process? (Which is known as the core phenomenon) 2. What influenced the core process to occur? (Known as causal conditions) 3. What were the actions taken by the person in response to the process? (Strategies) 4. What were the outcomes or facts of these strategies? (Known as