---
_id: '29735'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 'The present volume has aimed to cover a broad range of approaches to agency
    at work, exploring its relationship with professional learning and development.
    Thus, the chapters included in this book have discussed the role of agency in
    learning and development, considering a variety of working life contexts and applying
    both conceptual and empirical perspectives. This final chapter provides an overview
    of both the conceptual approaches and the empirical implementations. We see the
    perspectives as complementary. From the content of the book, we discern the phenomena
    as falling on two main dimensions, clustering at opposite ends of these dimensions.
    Thus, the following contrasts are evidenced: (a) agency understood as a personal
    capacity, vs. agency as behaviour, and (b) agency as an individual phenomenon,
    vs. agency as a collective phenomenon. All the chapters emphasise that agency
    is needed for learning and development. However, they differ in how they view
    the relationships between the concepts. They also exhibit differences in the empirical
    decisions taken and the research strategies chosen. In this concluding chapter,
    we discuss the main similarities and differences emerging from the chapters. We
    also highlight avenues for future research on agency and its relationship with
    professional learning.'
author:
- first_name: Susanna
  full_name: Paloniemi, Susanna
  last_name: Paloniemi
- first_name: Michael
  full_name: Goller, Michael
  id: '30984'
  last_name: Goller
  orcid: 0000-0002-2820-9178
citation:
  ama: 'Paloniemi S, Goller M. The Multifaceted Nature of Agency and Professional
    Learning. In: Goller M, Paloniemi S, eds. <i>Agency at Work: An Agentic Perspective
    on Professional Learning and Development</i>. Springer International Publishing;
    2017:465-478. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60943-0_23">10.1007/978-3-319-60943-0_23</a>'
  apa: 'Paloniemi, S., &#38; Goller, M. (2017). The Multifaceted Nature of Agency
    and Professional Learning. In M. Goller &#38; S. Paloniemi (Eds.), <i>Agency at
    work: An agentic perspective on professional learning and development</i> (pp.
    465–478). Springer International Publishing. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60943-0_23">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60943-0_23</a>'
  bibtex: '@inbook{Paloniemi_Goller_2017, place={Cham}, title={The Multifaceted Nature
    of Agency and Professional Learning}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60943-0_23">10.1007/978-3-319-60943-0_23</a>},
    booktitle={Agency at work: An agentic perspective on professional learning and
    development}, publisher={Springer International Publishing}, author={Paloniemi,
    Susanna and Goller, Michael}, editor={Goller, Michael and Paloniemi, Susanna},
    year={2017}, pages={465–478} }'
  chicago: 'Paloniemi, Susanna, and Michael Goller. “The Multifaceted Nature of Agency
    and Professional Learning.” In <i>Agency at Work: An Agentic Perspective on Professional
    Learning and Development</i>, edited by Michael Goller and Susanna Paloniemi,
    465–78. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60943-0_23">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60943-0_23</a>.'
  ieee: 'S. Paloniemi and M. Goller, “The Multifaceted Nature of Agency and Professional
    Learning,” in <i>Agency at work: An agentic perspective on professional learning
    and development</i>, M. Goller and S. Paloniemi, Eds. Cham: Springer International
    Publishing, 2017, pp. 465–478.'
  mla: 'Paloniemi, Susanna, and Michael Goller. “The Multifaceted Nature of Agency
    and Professional Learning.” <i>Agency at Work: An Agentic Perspective on Professional
    Learning and Development</i>, edited by Michael Goller and Susanna Paloniemi,
    Springer International Publishing, 2017, pp. 465–78, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60943-0_23">10.1007/978-3-319-60943-0_23</a>.'
  short: 'S. Paloniemi, M. Goller, in: M. Goller, S. Paloniemi (Eds.), Agency at Work:
    An Agentic Perspective on Professional Learning and Development, Springer International
    Publishing, Cham, 2017, pp. 465–478.'
date_created: 2022-02-03T12:26:49Z
date_updated: 2022-02-03T13:26:36Z
department:
- _id: '452'
doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-60943-0_23
editor:
- first_name: Michael
  full_name: Goller, Michael
  last_name: Goller
- first_name: Susanna
  full_name: Paloniemi, Susanna
  last_name: Paloniemi
keyword:
- Agency
- Workplace learning
- Professional development
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-60943-0_23
oa: '1'
page: 465-478
place: Cham
publication: 'Agency at work: An agentic perspective on professional learning and
  development'
publication_identifier:
  isbn:
  - '9783319609423'
  - '9783319609430'
  issn:
  - 2210-5549
  - 2210-5557
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer International Publishing
status: public
title: The Multifaceted Nature of Agency and Professional Learning
type: book_chapter
user_id: '79910'
year: '2017'
...
---
_id: '29734'
author:
- first_name: Michael
  full_name: Goller, Michael
  id: '30984'
  last_name: Goller
  orcid: 0000-0002-2820-9178
- first_name: Susanna
  full_name: Paloniemi, Susanna
  last_name: Paloniemi
citation:
  ama: 'Goller M, Paloniemi S. Agency at Work, Learning and Professional Development:
    An Introduction. In: Springer C, ed. <i>Professional and Practice-Based Learning</i>.
    Springer International Publishing; 2017. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60943-0_1">10.1007/978-3-319-60943-0_1</a>'
  apa: 'Goller, M., &#38; Paloniemi, S. (2017). Agency at Work, Learning and Professional
    Development: An Introduction. In C. Springer (Ed.), <i>Professional and Practice-based
    Learning</i>. Springer International Publishing. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60943-0_1">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60943-0_1</a>'
  bibtex: '@inbook{Goller_Paloniemi_2017, place={Cham}, title={Agency at Work, Learning
    and Professional Development: An Introduction}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60943-0_1">10.1007/978-3-319-60943-0_1</a>},
    booktitle={Professional and Practice-based Learning}, publisher={Springer International
    Publishing}, author={Goller, Michael and Paloniemi, Susanna}, editor={Springer,
    Cham}, year={2017} }'
  chicago: 'Goller, Michael, and Susanna Paloniemi. “Agency at Work, Learning and
    Professional Development: An Introduction.” In <i>Professional and Practice-Based
    Learning</i>, edited by Cham Springer. Cham: Springer International Publishing,
    2017. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60943-0_1">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60943-0_1</a>.'
  ieee: 'M. Goller and S. Paloniemi, “Agency at Work, Learning and Professional Development:
    An Introduction,” in <i>Professional and Practice-based Learning</i>, C. Springer,
    Ed. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017.'
  mla: 'Goller, Michael, and Susanna Paloniemi. “Agency at Work, Learning and Professional
    Development: An Introduction.” <i>Professional and Practice-Based Learning</i>,
    edited by Cham Springer, Springer International Publishing, 2017, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60943-0_1">10.1007/978-3-319-60943-0_1</a>.'
  short: 'M. Goller, S. Paloniemi, in: C. Springer (Ed.), Professional and Practice-Based
    Learning, Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2017.'
date_created: 2022-02-03T12:26:01Z
date_updated: 2022-02-03T13:27:10Z
department:
- _id: '452'
doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-60943-0_1
editor:
- first_name: Cham
  full_name: Springer, Cham
  last_name: Springer
language:
- iso: eng
place: Cham
publication: Professional and Practice-based Learning
publication_identifier:
  isbn:
  - '9783319609423'
  - '9783319609430'
  issn:
  - 2210-5549
  - 2210-5557
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer International Publishing
related_material:
  link:
  - relation: other
    url: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-60943-0_1
status: public
title: 'Agency at Work, Learning and Professional Development: An Introduction'
type: book_chapter
user_id: '50788'
year: '2017'
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