Dealing with Literature Review and Epistemological Underpinnings in Grounded Theory Methodology

@article{Niasse2022DealingWL,
  title={Dealing with Literature Review and Epistemological Underpinnings in Grounded Theory Methodology},
  author={Ndiaga Niasse},
  journal={International Journal of Qualitative Research},
  year={2022},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:254304447}
}
The purpose of this paper is to review the crucial debate about undertaking a literature review and adopting an epistemological position in doing a grounded theory study. By relying on existing knowledge about the subject, three main Grounded Theory Approaches are discussed: Glaserian, Straussian, and Constructivist Grounded Theory Methodology. All of them differ somewhat both in adopting an epistemological stance that fits well with their research strategy and conducting a literature review at… 
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