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	Jämförande Grounded Theory – Teoriutveckling över Kontext	Jämförande narrativ forskning
Ämnesområde	Kvalitativa metoder	Kvalitativa metoder
Familj	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Ursprungsår	1967 (base); comparative application formalised from the 1980s onward	1990s–2000s
Upphovsperson	Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss (grounded theory base); comparative extension developed by multiple scholars	D. Jean Clandinin & F. Michael Connelly (narrative inquiry); comparative extension by the broader qualitative comparative tradition
Typ	Qualitative comparative research design	Qualitative comparative research design
Ursprungskälla	Glaser, B. G., & Strauss, A. L. (1967). The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research. Aldine. ISBN: 978-0202302607	Clandinin, D. J., & Connelly, F. M. (2000). Narrative Inquiry: Experience and Story in Qualitative Research. Jossey-Bass. ISBN: 978-0787943523
Alias	cross-site grounded theory, multi-group grounded theory, comparative GT, grounded theory comparative analysis	comparative narrative inquiry, cross-case narrative research, narrative comparison, comparative narrative analysis
Närliggande	6	6
Sammanfattning	Comparative grounded theory applies the systematic inductive logic of grounded theory across two or more distinct groups, settings, or time points. Rather than generating a theory grounded in a single context, it builds theory that explains variation and similarity across contexts, producing conceptually richer and more transferable explanatory frameworks than single-site grounded theory studies.	Comparative narrative research is a qualitative design that collects personal stories or life accounts from two or more participants, groups, or contexts and systematically compares them to reveal patterns, contrasts, and contextual influences. Drawing on narrative inquiry's attention to experience-as-story, it adds a deliberate comparative logic to identify what is shared, what diverges, and why differences emerge across cases.