Abstract :
This essay is a contribution to the question whether grounded theory methodology (in the variant of STRAUSS & CORBIN) contains an abductive research logic as developed in the work of Charles Sanders PEIRCE. After going through the works of STRAUSS and CORBIN I answer the question with a resounding yes. But it does not only contain the logic of abductive reasoning but also that of qualitative induction.
Keywords :
grounded theory methodology , Abduction , Deduction , induction , methodology , Peirce , qualitative social research , Strauss , Construction of knowledge
