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Lived Experiences of Early Career Researchers: Learning About and Doing Grounded Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2012

Gayle Jennings*
Affiliation:
Griffith University, Australia. g.jennings@griffith.edu.au
Sandra Kensbock
Affiliation:
Griffith University, Australia.
Olga Junek
Affiliation:
Victoria University, Australia.
Kylie Radel
Affiliation:
CQUniversity Rockhampton, Australia.
Ulrike Kachel
Affiliation:
Griffith University, Australia.
*
*Gayle Jennings, Associate Professor in Tourism Management, Griffith Business School, Gold Coast campus, Griffith University, Gold Coast QLD 4222.
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Abstract

In this phenomenologically influenced study, three early career researchers share their lived experiences of engaging with grounded theory as either a ‘methodology’ or ‘method’ in their respective research projects. The three lived experiences were interpreted using a constructivist grounded theory approach. The study provides insights into their experiences associated with ‘learning about’ and ‘doing’ grounded theory. Based on these three early career researchers' experiences, learning to be a grounded theory researcher is constituted of three inter-connected processes: learning about and doing grounded theory (and qualitative research); researchers as socially situated and embodied, corporeal beings; and experiences of grounded theory learning contexts and curricula. Additionally, learning about and doing grounded theory is a multi-faceted social experience involving knowledge building, meaning making, skill development, reflexivity, axiology, conducive learning conditions, communities of practice principles as well as influences from researchers' affective domains.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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