Editing Grounded theory (section)

===Critical realist===
More recently, a critical realist version of grounded theory has been developed and applied in research devoted to developing mechanism-based explanations for social phenomena.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Kempster|first1=Stephen|last2=Parry|first2=Ken|title=Grounded theory and leadership research: A critical realist perspective|journal=The Leadership Quarterly|volume=22|pages=106–120|date=2011|doi=10.1016/j.leaqua.2010.12.010|url=https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/58975/1/10.pdf }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Oliver|first1=Carolyn|title=Critical Realist Grounded Theory: A New Approach for Social Work Research|journal=The British Journal of Social Work|volume=42|issue=2|pages=371–387|date=2012|doi=10.1093/bjsw/bcr064}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Bunt|first1=Sarah|title=Critical realism and grounded theory: Analysing the adoption outcomes for disabled children using the retroduction framework|journal=Qualitative Social Work|volume=17|issue=2|pages=176–194|date=2016|doi=10.1177/1473325016664572|s2cid=151878799 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Hoddy|first1=Eric|title=Critical realism in empirical research: employing techniques from Grounded theory methodology|journal=International Journal of Social Research Methodology|volume=22|pages=111–124|date=2018|doi=10.1080/13645579.2018.1503400|s2cid=149952268 |url=http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/151694/3/Revised%20CR%20manuscript%202.pdf }}</ref> [[Critical realism (philosophy of the social sciences)|Critical realism]] (CR) is a philosophical approach associated with [[Roy Bhaskar]], who argued for a structured and differentiated account of reality in which difference, stratification, and change are central.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}} A critical realist grounded theory produces an explanation through an examination of the three domains of social reality: the "real," as the domain of structures and mechanisms; the "actual," as the domain of events; and the "empirical," as the domain of experiences and perceptions.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}