An Overview of the Grounded Theory

Abstract

This article is an essay product of the review of various documents and authors whose purpose is to present a description of the basic aspects of Fundamental Theory (TF) in order to provide guidance to those researchers who start qualitative research and want Use this method. Fundamental elements of this qualitative method are presented, such as: a) its objective, to generate theory from texts collected in natural contexts and its findings are theoretical formulations of reality; b) distinction between formal theory and substantive theory, c) the theoretical reference of TF, d) theoretical sampling, e) theoretical saturation, f) formulation of questions and theoretical comparisons, g) Coding and Categorization, and Finally, a conceptual map that synthesizes the fundamental aspects of GT.