Increasing the rigor of grounded theory research - a review of the SCM literature

Business & Economics

• Grounded Theory 83%
• Supply Chain Management 63%
• Schools of Thought 44%
• Management Research 34%
• Literature Review 16%
• Methodology 11%
• Review Process 8%
• Interorganizational Relationships 8%
• Process Research 8%
• Transparency 7%
• Divergence 6%
• Acceptance 5%
• Design Methodology 3%

Social Sciences

• grounded theory 73%
• management 38%
• literature 33%
• methodology 14%
• divergence 7%
• research process 6%
• transparency 6%
• acceptance 5%
• time 2%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Supply chain management 100%
• Social aspects 15%
• Transparency 11%