Table 1

Summary of AMO factors for IPC, definitions adapted to the context of our study

AMO factorDefinition and aspects
Abilities for IPCThe knowledge, skills and abilities individual employees possess:
- understanding and appreciating professional roles: respecting and valuing roles/responsibilities and expertise of professionals with different expertise and being able to use the knowledge of one's own role and that of other professionals for the purpose of optimal development and guidance of the child (adapted from Suter et al., 2009)
- communicating effectively in IPC settings: meaningful informal and formal communication in a responsive and accountable manner focussed on the child's development and guidance (adapted from Carmack and Harville, 2020)
- reflexivity: conscious reflection on the functioning of interprofessional cooperation by professionals involved (adapted from Knickel et al., 2019)
Work motivation for IPCA set of energetic forces that originate both within and beyond an individual's being, to initiate work-related behaviour and to determine its form, direction, intensity, and duration:
- Amotivation, lack of motivation
- external (social/material) motivation, driven by the wish to gain approval from others or (financial) rewards. (Gagné et al., 2015).
- introjected motivation, driven by internal pressures (Gagné et al., 2015)
- identified and intrinsic motivation, corresponding with personal goals and values or when the work is inherently enjoyable
Opportunity to engage in IPCA set of environmental or contextual enablers of productive behaviour:
- enough time to carry out the task
- professional autonomy, the degree of independence and liberty that employees experience in how they carry out their tasks
- inclusive organisational climate, a climate in which all individuals in the organisation perceive themselves to be valued members of the workplace, without pressure to assimilate in order to be accepted
- supportive leadership, supportive behaviour, aimed at increasing commitment and development

Source(s): Authors' own work

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