Table 2 Definitions of the core constructs of NPT, adapted from May et al., 2015 [31]
NPT core construct | Construct components |
|---|---|
Coherence: sense-making, when faced with problems of operationalising practices | Differentiation: understanding how things are different Communal specification: people working together to have shared understanding of aims/objectives and expected benefits Individual specification: individuals understanding their specific tasks and responsibilities Internalisation: understanding the value, benefits, and importance of a set of practices |
Cognitive participation: relational work to build and sustain community of practice | Initiation: whether or not key people are working to drive new/modified practices forward Enrolment: organising people to collectively contribute to work involved in new practices Legitimation: ensuring other participants believe they should be involved and can contribute Activation: collectively defining actions/procedures needed to sustain practice and stay involved |
Collective action: operational work to enact practices | Interactional workability: how people interact with each other, artefacts, and other practices to operationalise in everyday settings Relational integration: knowledge work people do to build accountability and maintain confidence in a set of practices and each other as they use them Skill set workability: allocating work to people with the correct skills sets Contextual integration: allocating resources and executing protocols, policies and procedures (to manage set of practices) |
Reflexive monitoring: understanding how the set of practices affect them and others | Systemization: collecting info to see how effective/useful a set of practices are (e.g., randomised controlled trials, anecdotes) Communal appraisal: people working together to evaluate the worth of a set of practices Individual appraisal: Individuals appraise how a set of practices affects them (as an individual) and contexts in which they are set Reconfiguration: appraisal work leading to attempts to redefine procedures or modify practices |