A Critical Review of Sociological and Management Research Based on Grounded Theory (2016-2018)

the main issue of the present study is that what are the strengths and weaknesses of sociological and managerial research based on grounded theory? And have Iranian researchers correctly observed the characteristics, requirements, elements and foundations of the underlying theory in their research. To answer the research question, a conceptual framework based on paradigm basics, basic assumptions, components and features of Grounded theory and were formulated and was used the systematic and critical review method. The studied population consists of a series of articles published in international scientific journals at 2016 to 2018 that due to the focus of the research on critique and methodology of grounded theory based on the approach of Strauss and Corbin, 36 articles were selected and reviewed in the source selection stage. the results of the research indicate that the research’s is faced fundamental problems and challenges about the criteria of “problem, the formulation of micro questions, the studied population, the explanation of the stages of data analysis in the findings select, the coincidence of data collection and analysis, Category building technique, category dimensional recognition technique, named selection technique, core category selection technique, Credibility, comparison with other theories and theoretical sensitivity”.