A concept analysis is, therefore, a rigorous and precise process of operationalizing the defining characteristics and attributes of a phenomenon into a communicable understanding, and is undertaken using a structured framework [ 16].
Hence, this paper reflects an attempt to operationalize and test a model of the process of external knowledge integration (EKI), consisting of an identification, acquisition, and utilization stage.
They involve the process of investigating whether items contribute equally (often based on the factor loadings, intercepts or thresholds) across these variables, "thus ensuring that the constructs are operationalized similarly (Sass 2011, p. 348)".
12 By 'operationalize' we mean the process of defining a theoretical concept precisely in ways that it can be measured.
The bureaucratic process that operationalizes the university has all but killed the idea it was trying to sustain.
Under the DMC model, the controlled retrieval process, operationalized as a biased competition model, might bias the retrieval of task-relevant information either proactively or reactively.
The proposed method will appeal to more investigators because the process has now been operationalized, is fairly straightforward to apply, it can be applied to a wide range of topics and the return on effort is significant.
The familiarity of the research team with recruitment processes and operationalizing inclusion and exclusion criteria meant that we underestimated the challenges of these research tasks for the 'research naïve' case managers.
Each step informs specific features of the transformation process and is operationalized on the basis of insights from time ecology.
Second, it operationalizes the intangible process of meaning-making by breaking it down into discrete units that are relatively equivalent and, therefore, comparable, providing a systematic way to analyze and map cognitive leadership processes.
