TY - CHAP
T1 - Practice-Focused, Constructivist Grounded Theory Methodology In Higher Education Leadership Research
AU - Jarvis, Sally
PY - 2018/11/12
Y1 - 2018/11/12
N2 - A growing body of education research considers practices, however there is less focus on a methodology that enables practical analysis of practices. Use of practice theory is growing, particularly in work and organisational studies, but practice focused studies more frequently address theoretical than methodological agenda. This chapter proposes a practice-focused, constructivist grounded theory methodology as one approach which can address this gap. After first considering the ways in which, separately and in combination, practice-theory and constructivist grounded theory can support higher education leadership and management research, the chapter considers implementation of this methodology by drawing on a study into the practice of authority in higher education leadership. It concludes by considering some implications for the ways in which practices can be understood and the affordances and limitations of this methodology.
AB - A growing body of education research considers practices, however there is less focus on a methodology that enables practical analysis of practices. Use of practice theory is growing, particularly in work and organisational studies, but practice focused studies more frequently address theoretical than methodological agenda. This chapter proposes a practice-focused, constructivist grounded theory methodology as one approach which can address this gap. After first considering the ways in which, separately and in combination, practice-theory and constructivist grounded theory can support higher education leadership and management research, the chapter considers implementation of this methodology by drawing on a study into the practice of authority in higher education leadership. It concludes by considering some implications for the ways in which practices can be understood and the affordances and limitations of this methodology.
KW - social practice theory; constructivist grounded theory; higher education; leadership; management; authority
U2 - 10.1108/S2056-375220180000004012
DO - 10.1108/S2056-375220180000004012
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 9781787692787
T3 - Theory and Method in Higher Education Research
BT - Theory and Method in Higher Education Research
PB - Emerald Publishing
CY - Bingley
ER -