Implementing, embedding, and integrating practices: An outline of normalization process theory

Sociology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 535-554

  May, Carl ^a   Finch, Tracy ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion of innovation; Embedding; Implementation; Material practice; Normalization process theory; Routinization

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649644138     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038509103208     Document Type: Article

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