This reader on grounded theory methodology continues corrections begun in Basics of Grounded Theory Analysis. It shows three main correctives.

1) One can use scholarship in advancing grounded theory methodology.

2) Articles from previous grounded theory books that were neglected by Strauss and Corbin and are seldom referred to in grounded theory are republished to revitalize traditional grounded theory and increase the researcher's armentorium of tools of research.

3) It looks at the generation of formal theory by use of grounded theory methodology.