Using an adapted grounded theory approach for inductive theory building about virtual team development

  • Authors:
  • Suprateek Sarker;Francis Lau;Sundeep Sahay

  • Affiliations:
  • Washington State University;University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada;University of Oslo, Norway

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGMIS Database
  • Year:
  • 2000

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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.