Follow-up or post-implementation contact by change agents relates most strongly to adoption success; without it adoption falters¶

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q2 i? Of all NDN strategy activities studied, none related more strongly and consistently to all aspects of adoption success than follow-up or post-implementation contact by NDN change agents. → Hall 1978

Evidence¶

Hall 1978¶

Hall, Gene E. (1978). Implications for Planned Dissemination, Implementation, and Evaluation Revealed in the SRI/NDN Evaluation and Levels of Use of the Innovation Studies. Procedures for Adopting Educational Innovations Project. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED190626

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Finding from the SRI National Diffusion Network evaluation (Emrick et al., 1977a), reported in the paper's Figure 3 comparison of implementation-stage activities with Levels of Use. Follow-up assistance involved equal levels of activity by Facilitators and Developers, with moral support the most frequent purpose.

"Of all the activities and elements of the NDN strategy studied in this evaluation, none related more strongly and consistently to all aspects of adoption success than the follow-up or post-implementation contact by the NDN change agents. Moral support and encouragement is the most frequent purpose."

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