---
_id: '30289'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 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.
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: Taking Stock of Workplace Learning Research.
    In: <i>Research Approaches on Workplace Learning</i>. Springer International Publishing;
    2022. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89582-2_1">10.1007/978-3-030-89582-2_1</a>'
  apa: 'Goller, M., &#38; Paloniemi, S. (2022). Agency: Taking Stock of Workplace
    Learning Research. In <i>Research Approaches on Workplace Learning</i>. Springer
    International Publishing. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89582-2_1">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89582-2_1</a>'
  bibtex: '@inbook{Goller_Paloniemi_2022, place={Cham}, title={Agency: Taking Stock
    of Workplace Learning Research}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89582-2_1">10.1007/978-3-030-89582-2_1</a>},
    booktitle={Research Approaches on Workplace Learning}, publisher={Springer International
    Publishing}, author={Goller, Michael and Paloniemi, Susanna}, year={2022} }'
  chicago: 'Goller, Michael, and Susanna Paloniemi. “Agency: Taking Stock of Workplace
    Learning Research.” In <i>Research Approaches on Workplace Learning</i>. Cham:
    Springer International Publishing, 2022. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89582-2_1">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89582-2_1</a>.'
  ieee: 'M. Goller and S. Paloniemi, “Agency: Taking Stock of Workplace Learning Research,”
    in <i>Research Approaches on Workplace Learning</i>, Cham: Springer International
    Publishing, 2022.'
  mla: 'Goller, Michael, and Susanna Paloniemi. “Agency: Taking Stock of Workplace
    Learning Research.” <i>Research Approaches on Workplace Learning</i>, Springer
    International Publishing, 2022, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89582-2_1">10.1007/978-3-030-89582-2_1</a>.'
  short: 'M. Goller, S. Paloniemi, in: Research Approaches on Workplace Learning,
    Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2022.'
date_created: 2022-03-13T19:09:20Z
date_updated: 2022-03-13T19:14:43Z
department:
- _id: '452'
doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-89582-2_1
keyword:
- Agency Workplace learning Professional development Proactivity Self-direction
language:
- iso: eng
place: Cham
publication: Research Approaches on Workplace Learning
publication_identifier:
  isbn:
  - '9783030895815'
  - '9783030895822'
  issn:
  - 2210-5549
  - 2210-5557
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer International Publishing
related_material:
  link:
  - relation: other
    url: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-89582-2_1#Abs1
status: public
title: 'Agency: Taking Stock of Workplace Learning Research'
type: book_chapter
user_id: '50788'
year: '2022'
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