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Developing Organisational Stories Through Grounded Theory Data Analysis: A Case Example for Studying IS Phenomena

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  • Elayne Coakes

    (University of Westminster, UK)

  • Anthony Elliman

    (Brunel University, UK)

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This article provides a concrete example of a technique or tool that may improve intensive case research and understanding, especially when considering explanatory case study research. It is argued that researchers must work hard and be creative to provide robust methodological tools so that their work is accepted in the Information Systems field (in particular), as it is traditionally skeptical about qualitative studies. This paper argues that story-telling grounded in the data through the use of the Grounded Theory methodology and its associated methods provide a way of identifying the causal conditions in any case where the underlying dynamics for any type of organisational change are unknown. Although this research and method of presentation is relevant to the IS field, it has applications in any social science research where it is necessary to present the causal conditions for the phenomena under study.

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  • Elayne Coakes & Anthony Elliman, 2011. "Developing Organisational Stories Through Grounded Theory Data Analysis: A Case Example for Studying IS Phenomena," International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development (IJSKD), IGI Global, vol. 3(2), pages 26-41, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jskd00:v:3:y:2011:i:2:p:26-41
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    1. Iyer K. Chandrashekhar & Banerjee Partha S., 2016. "Project ambidexterity: case of recovering schedule delay in a brownfield airport project in India," Organization, Technology and Management in Construction, Sciendo, vol. 8(1), pages 1464-1481, December.
    2. Iyer K. Chandrashekhar & Banerjee Partha S., 2019. "Identifying New Knowledge Areas to Strengthen the Project Management Institute (PMI) Framework," Organization, Technology and Management in Construction, Sciendo, vol. 11(1), pages 1892-1903, March.

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