Grounded theory: uma abordagem metodológica congruente com a pesquisa em turismo

Abstract

Grounded Theoryemerged as an appropriate research method for extracting from data concepts organized around basic categories that once integrated establish a substantive theory about the phenomenon. Internationally, Tourism researchers have been using Grounded Theoryintheir research, but in Brazil it has been scarcely used. Thus, this paper aims to present the foundations of Grounded Theoryshowing the similarities and differences between its three versions, and to point out how this methodology is used in Tourism research. This work is bibliographic making an integrative review of the theory. Grounded Theory has been shown to be appropriate for studying tourist experience, but its use may be expanded as it may be associated with other research methodologies such as ethnography, favoring the creation of substantive tourist theories or simply the appropriation of a theme in the early stages of the research