This qualitative study explored conflict resolutions in everyday setting by applying grounded theory method to data on real-life conflict experiences. The data represent 53 graduate students (27 male and 26 female) of 20 different nationalities. After careful coding, we found seven categories. By applying a dimensional analysis model, we not only identified that ¢wpreparation for resolving conflict¡ü is the central phenomenon but also explored how conflict origins, casual condition, contextual condition, intervening condition, resolution strategies and consequences are related to the central phenomenon and the dynamics among themselves. This helped in developing a grounded formal theory that provide a detailed picture of the complex process of conflict resolution in everyday setting by covering its origins, dynamics, resolution strategies, consequences, and effects in different contexts. Detailed explanations with ample examples from the data were provided. Implications for future researchers and practical implications are discussed.

Industrial Design in China seldom addresses the issue of sustainability in mass production. Failure to incorporate sustainable design as a core principle will result in long term environmental and economic loss for both business and society. This research studies the current Industrial Design educational system in Mainland China and proposes a new educational framework to engage sustainability as a design objective. This study adopts the philosophical perspectives of constructivism, sustainable design theory, critical pedagogy, and systems thinking. Literature related to sustainability is collected and organized and overlaid with educational constraints identified through the interviews with educators, students, and practitioners of Industrial Design in four major cities of Mainland China. Using the grounded theory approach, from these two sources a new educational framework is proposed. The educational framework categorizes courses in a four year undergraduate Industrial Design educational program into four domains: ecological literacy, artistic, technological, and professional. Suggestions for the appropriate timeline, content, and pedagogical approaches for curriculum are also provided. The proposed framework was then critically reviewed Chinese educators that served as feedback for the final proposition. / Ph. D.

Grounded theory method was used to explore the experiences of patients suffering the effects of psychological trauma who had received eye movement desensitization and reprocessing approach (EMDR) as treatment. Saturation of the categories was achieved with the analysis of 15 interviews. The basic social psychological process that emerged is transforming suffering and the core category is changes in perception. The three subcategories, relinquishing, presencing and emerging, form the conceptual framework for the stages of transforming suffering. The stages of relinquishing, presencing and emerging contain concepts and their properties to guide practice. The two dimensions of processing subsumed within each stage are temporal perspectives (past, present and future) and processing fields (physical field, cognitive field and transformative field). These concepts help explain the progression of the patient to experience resolution of the trauma and/or related symptoms/behaviors. Transforming suffering: changes in perception using EMDR is the resultant substantive theory. The implications of this theoretical framework for psychotherapeutic practice and future research are reviewed.

A grounded theory methodology, justified by the logic of methodical hermeneutics, was employed to guide both the collection and analysis of data produced from interviews with 11 psychotherapy clients who reported having unsuccessful experiences. Ultimately, I put forth the Clients Helical Path as a theoretical model grounded in clients' unsuccessful therapy experiences. The theory subsumes four subcategories: three cyclically-related subcategory processes (Embarking, Evaluating, and Ending), and a fourth category (Familiarity) that provides a temporal/experiential dimension. Clients embark upon a course of therapy with certain expectations; they later evaluate their experience on the basis of these expectations, and then end therapy when they adjudicate it as not sufficiently successful. Clients' familiarity with the enterprise of therapy is enhanced with each successive therapy experience, and this familiarity implicates clients' subsequent expectations, evaluations, and endings. The theory contextualizes clients experiences of unsuccessful therapy at the level of the individual, rather at the level of the course of therapy, thereby providing an understanding for how past therapy experiences influence future ones. This feature of the theory represents a significant departure from and contribution to the existing psychotherapy research literature. I discuss the unique nature and utility of the theory, its overlap with existing empirical findings, as well as its limitations. I suggest directions for future research, and I provide multiple credibility checks.

A grounded theory methodology, justified by the logic of methodical hermeneutics, was employed to guide both the collection and analysis of data produced from interviews with 11 psychotherapy clients who reported having unsuccessful experiences. Ultimately, I put forth the Clients Helical Path as a theoretical model grounded in clients' unsuccessful therapy experiences. The theory subsumes four subcategories: three cyclically-related subcategory processes (Embarking, Evaluating, and Ending), and a fourth category (Familiarity) that provides a temporal/experiential dimension. Clients embark upon a course of therapy with certain expectations; they later evaluate their experience on the basis of these expectations, and then end therapy when they adjudicate it as not sufficiently successful. Clients' familiarity with the enterprise of therapy is enhanced with each successive therapy experience, and this familiarity implicates clients' subsequent expectations, evaluations, and endings. The theory contextualizes clients experiences of unsuccessful therapy at the level of the individual, rather at the level of the course of therapy, thereby providing an understanding for how past therapy experiences influence future ones. This feature of the theory represents a significant departure from and contribution to the existing psychotherapy research literature. I discuss the unique nature and utility of the theory, its overlap with existing empirical findings, as well as its limitations. I suggest directions for future research, and I provide multiple credibility checks.

The purpose of this paper has been to follow how a decision made has developed within anorganization. We have intended to find underlying causes for the development in order to contribute to the understanding of the lifecycle of decisions. The decision we have chosen is Gröna Skolgårdar (Green School Yards) within the city of Västerås. This project has aimed to make the school yards in Västerås more green, more beautiful and more useful for teaching. We have used Grounded Theory Method as our foundation, complemented with decisionmaking theory. The work with this paper has led to the conclusion that Gröna Skolgårdar changed over time, and did not turn out as first intended. This has had several couses such as how resources wasdistributed, political changes, and different views of the project. We have learned that over time a decision can take unexpected paths, and we have contributed with an example of how this can happen.

The concept of dynamic capability (DC) is receiving significant attention from scholars in strategy and organisation research. However, most of the research is conceptual in nature. In this thesis, the process of how DCs are created in two firms is examined using the grounded theory methodology (GTM) with the aim of developing a substantive theory of DC creation. Data were collected using theoretical sampling, and unstructured and semi-structured interviews. These data were then analysed using the constant comparison method to identify and explain the process through which DCs are created. The findings from the study reveal that DCs are created through continuous internal activities such as in-house innovation, human resource activities (HRAs), and external activities with partners through collaboration and acquisitions. Firms learn from these activities, which lead to changes in the static organisational capabilities and the development of higher order capabilities, the DCs. From this study, a framework has been developed for considering and managing the process of creating DCs at a strategic level. The framework explains the reasons why these firms develop and renew their DCs, identifies the key resources required, and examines the activities through which DCs are developed and renewed. The framework is both iterative and simultaneous. Implications for academics and practitioners are discussed, and limitations and directions for future research are outlined.

This diploma thesis focuses on matters of stereotyping of documentary portraits depicting pop music icons. The theoretical part of the thesis deals with issues such as stereotyping as part of media representation of reality, and the definition of term "celebrity" and its specifics in the context of music industry. The term "documentary portrait" is also grasped theoretically. The practical part of the thesis introduces the documentary films which were examined. The methodology of the research and its design are described as well. The final part of the thesis consists of a research report, which includes results acquired by a qualitative survey on the basis of a grounded theory method.

Submitted by Maike Costa (maiksebas@gmail.com) on 2016-04-18T14:01:14Z No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivo total.pdf: 2925662 bytes, checksum: 39921b598836414d197ca9de4f67c758 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-18T14:01:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivo total.pdf: 2925662 bytes, checksum: 39921b598836414d197ca9de4f67c758 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-20 / The use of wind as a means for electricity generation around the world has contributed to increase the installed power generation capacity, providing greater supply safety and security to meet new consumption demands. Added to this, another contribution of the use of wind energy is the reduction of environmental damage resulting from the consumption of energy generated by non-renewable sources and pollutants, such as oil and coal. The available wind power generation potential in Brazil is more than 143 GW, however only 2.11 GW are currently utilized, corresponding to only 1.47% of the available potential. This thesis aims to clarify the reason of a so little use, identifying the main factors which contribute to the low utilization of the wind power potential in Brazil. For this purpose, used the fundamentals of the Grounded Theory method based on a literature review of the available wind power potential, its recent developments, expansion regulatory policies, costs analysis confronting all these same dimensions mith expert opinions collected by a questionnaire. Even with an immense available potential, one can conclude that the Brazilian electric sector management presents a series of factors such as regulatory barriers, little technology knowledge, poor supply chain management, environmental licensing barriers, which hinder the widespread use of wind power in Brazil. / O aproveitamento do vento como forma de geração de energia elétrica no mundo tem contribuído para o aumento da capacidade de geração de energia instalada, dando maior segurança e garantia de suprimento para as novas demandas de consumo. Adicionado a isto, outra contribuição do uso da energia eólica está na redução dos danos ambientais, decorrentes do consumo de energia gerada por fontes não renováveis e poluentes, tais como petróleo e carvão. No Brasil o potencial disponível de geração de energia eólica é superior a 143 GW, no entanto, apenas 2,11 GW são atualmente aproveitados, representando apenas 1,47% do potencial disponível. Esta dissertação tem o objetivo de analisar porque não há o desenvolvimento pleno do uso da energia eólica no Nordeste do Brasil. Para tal foram utilizados os fundamentos do método da Grounded Theory, baseada em uma revisão literária do potencial disponível de energia eólica, sua evolução recente, as políticas regulatórias para expansão e análise dos custos associados, confrontando essas mesmas dimensões com opiniões de especialistas coletadas por um questionário. Mesmo diante de imenso potencial disponível para uso, conclui-se que a gestão do setor elétrico brasileiro apresenta uma série de fatores como barreiras regulatórias, falta domínio da tecnologia, mal gerenciamento da gestão da cadeia de suprimento, entraves relacionados ao licenciamento ambiental, que dificultam a disseminação do uso da energia eólica no Brasil.

The aim of the diploma thesis is to survey characteristics in the experience of people with bipolar disorder. The choice of the topic is based on the lack of research of the experience of people suffering with bipolar disorder in the Czech environment. The aim of this thesis is to comprehend the life of people with bipolar disorder. The theoretical part of the thesis is focusing on the description of the historical and contemporary concept of bipolar disorder including the so-called bipolar spectrum. This part presents treatment options as well as comorbidities which are often a part of the clinical course of the disease. The aim of the theoretical part is to introduce the reader to the issue of bipolar disorder which allows a better understanding of the empirical part. In the empirical part, six respondents were interviewed to collect data. The grounded theory method was chosen for data processing and the Atlas.ti software was used for coding purposes. As a result of the data processing a process of learning how to live with bipolar disorder has emerged. The process of learning how to live with bipolar disorder is an active process that leads to a deeper understanding of the disease and skill gains mitigating manifestation of the disease. At the beginning of the learning, there are motivation...