The varying degrees of correlation between normative expectations and actions are an important factor to differentiate among various types of norms, and to critically assess three major theories about the relationship between normative beliefs and actions.
In other words, a team that believes they are lucky is more likely to win because of the expectations and actions their belief creates.
This would demand a deeper insight in professional behaviour of health care workers and the expectations and actions of patients.
In the second case, the weights at the nodes represent the internal model that coordinates expectations and actions.
These surveys aim to gain insight in the professional behaviour of GPs and the expectations and actions of their patients.
Informed by a social identity [ 28] and self-categorisation approach [ 29], group norms aim to capture the perceived expectations and actions of members of specific, salient, in-groups.
Thus, every line in Figure 4 represents multiple inputs and every box in Figure 4 contains its own 'lenses' for mapping these multiple inputs into expectations and actions.
Prior research has concluded that the attitudes, perceptions, expectations and actions of hospitals' top management regarding patient safety is an essential dimension of safety culture [ 5, 7- 12].
In 2008, expectations and actions focused on selecting/developing methods and tools for conducting literature reviews and training for Specialists and Managers.
Eight factors were identified concerning handover and teamwork, support and fellowship, communication openness, feedback and learning from error, intention to report events, adequate procedures and staffing, overall perceptions of patient safety and expectations and actions of managers.
While "feedback and communication about error" and "management expectations and actions promoting patient safety" dimensions were grouped under one factor, "teamwork across units" and "management support for patient safety" dimensions were grouped under another factor.
