Abstract After systematically searching and sorting management literature with grounded theory, this study builds a document database of management literature based on the grounded theory. Combined with Bluhm and Pratt et al.’s evaluation system, this study codes from the 160 studies one by one. It analyzes the current status of China’s indigenous management theory which is built by the grounded theory. According to the current status and problems, this study explains how to use the method and provides related recommendations.
