Table 2 Normalization Process Theory constructs and definitions
Construct | Definition |
|---|---|
Coherence | The process and work of sense-making and understanding that individuals and organizations have to go through in order to promote or inhibit the routine embedding of a practice. |
Cognitive participation | The process and work that individuals and organizations have to go through in order to enrol individuals to engage with the new practice. |
Collective action | The work that individuals and organizations have to do to enact the new practice. |
Reflexive monitoring | The work inherent in the informal and formal appraisal of a new practice once it is in use, in order to assess its advantages and disadvantages, and which develops users’ comprehension of the effects of a practice. |