A3 Book section, Chapters in research books
Agency : taking stock of workplace learning research (2022)
Goller, M., & Paloniemi, S. (2022). Agency : taking stock of workplace learning research. In C. Harteis, D. Gijbels, & E. Kyndt (Eds.), Research Approaches on Workplace Learning : Insights from a Growing Field (pp. 3-28). Springer International Publishing. Professional and Practice-based Learning, 31. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89582-2_1
JYU authors or editors
Publication details
All authors or editors: Goller, Michael; Paloniemi, Susanna
Parent publication: Research Approaches on Workplace Learning : Insights from a Growing Field
Parent publication editors: Harteis, Christian; Gijbels, David; Kyndt, Eva
ISBN: 978-3-030-89581-5
eISBN: 978-3-030-89582-2
Journal or series: Professional and Practice-based Learning
ISSN: 2210-5549
eISSN: 2210-5557
Publication year: 2022
Number in series: 31
Pages range: 3-28
Number of pages in the book: 456
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Publication country: Switzerland
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89582-2_1
Publication open access: Not open
Publication channel open access: Channel is not openly available
Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/83853
Abstract
This chapter presents a discussion of the concept of agency. Agency is understood as a multifaceted construct describing the idea that human beings make choices, act on these choices, and thereby exercise influence on their own lives as well as their environment. We argue that the concept is discussed from three different perspectives in the literature—transformational, dispositional, and relational—that are each related to learning and development in work contexts. These perspectives do not reflect incompatible positions but rather different aspects of the same phenomena. The chapter also offers an avenue of insight into empirical studies that employ agency as a central concept as well as discussions about concepts that closely overlap with ideas of human beings as agents of power and influence.
Keywords: human agency; learning; professional development; proactivity; self-direction; working life; workplaces
Free keywords: agency; workplace learning; professional development; proactivity; self-direction
Contributing organizations
Ministry reporting: Yes
VIRTA submission year: 2022
JUFO rating: 2