Table 1 Normalisation Process Theory (NPT) breakdown of key constructs [16, 21, 22]
NPT construct | Definition | Sub constructs |
|---|---|---|
Coherence | The sense-making work that people do individually and collectively when they are faced with the problem of operationalizing a set of practices. | • Differentiation • Communal specification • Individual specification • Internalisation |
Cognitive Participation | The relational work that people do to build and sustain a community of practice around a new technology or a complex intervention. | • Initiation • Enrolment • Legitimation • Activation |
Collective Action | The operational work that people do to enact a set of practices, whether these represent a new technology or a complex healthcare intervention. | • Interactional Workability • Relational Integration • Skill set Workability • Contextual Integration |
Reflexive Monitoring | The appraisal work that people do to assess and understand the ways that a new set of practices affect them and the others around them. | • Systematisation • Communal appraisal • Individual appraisal • Reconfiguration |