---
_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'
...
---
_id: '35313'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: The article discusses the explanatory power of conceptual change for research
    on workplace learning in digitalized workplaces. Interestingly, research on conceptual
    change is well-established within the area of science education but widely neglected
    within the broad area of workplace learning research. Digitalization of work establishes
    new quality of tasks and tools by integrating workers and machines into digital
    networks. Hence, conceptual change can be considered a core concept for identifying
    workers’ successful adaption to digital transformation. Therefore, conceptual
    change research in the area of workplace learning in digitalized workplaces is
    highly relevant. The article reflects upon reasons, explores the potential of
    conceptual change for understanding workplace learning in digitalized workplaces,
    and illustrates the argumentation by exemplarily referring to digitalized farming.
    Finally, the article provides suggestions for future research.
alternative_title:
- Challenges for Workplaces and Workplace Learning
author:
- first_name: Christian
  full_name: Harteis, Christian
  id: '27503'
  last_name: Harteis
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3570-7626
- first_name: Michael
  full_name: Goller, Michael
  id: '30984'
  last_name: Goller
  orcid: 0000-0002-2820-9178
- first_name: Carina
  full_name: Caruso, Carina
  id: '23123'
  last_name: Caruso
citation:
  ama: Harteis C, Goller M, Caruso C. Conceptual Change in the Face of Digitalization.
    <i>Frontiers in Education</i>. 2020;5(1). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2020.00001">10.3389/feduc.2020.00001</a>
  apa: Harteis, C., Goller, M., &#38; Caruso, C. (2020). Conceptual Change in the
    Face of Digitalization. <i>Frontiers in Education</i>, <i>5</i>(1). <a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2020.00001">https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2020.00001</a>
  bibtex: '@article{Harteis_Goller_Caruso_2020, title={Conceptual Change in the Face
    of Digitalization}, volume={5}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2020.00001">10.3389/feduc.2020.00001</a>},
    number={1}, journal={Frontiers in Education}, author={Harteis, Christian and Goller,
    Michael and Caruso, Carina}, year={2020} }'
  chicago: Harteis, Christian, Michael Goller, and Carina Caruso. “Conceptual Change
    in the Face of Digitalization.” <i>Frontiers in Education</i> 5, no. 1 (2020).
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2020.00001">https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2020.00001</a>.
  ieee: 'C. Harteis, M. Goller, and C. Caruso, “Conceptual Change in the Face of Digitalization,”
    <i>Frontiers in Education</i>, vol. 5, no. 1, 2020, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2020.00001">10.3389/feduc.2020.00001</a>.'
  mla: Harteis, Christian, et al. “Conceptual Change in the Face of Digitalization.”
    <i>Frontiers in Education</i>, vol. 5, no. 1, 2020, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2020.00001">10.3389/feduc.2020.00001</a>.
  short: C. Harteis, M. Goller, C. Caruso, Frontiers in Education 5 (2020).
date_created: 2023-01-06T06:34:29Z
date_updated: 2023-01-06T12:11:25Z
doi: 10.3389/feduc.2020.00001
intvolume: '         5'
issue: '1'
keyword:
- conceptual change
- digitalization
- workplace learning
- professional development
- agriculture
language:
- iso: eng
publication: Frontiers in Education
publication_status: published
status: public
title: Conceptual Change in the Face of Digitalization
type: journal_article
user_id: '86519'
volume: 5
year: '2020'
...
---
_id: '3600'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "Michael Goller gives a structured overview of the current discourses of human
    agency in relation to professional learning and development. Based on this discussion,
    the author develops a theoretical framework including human agency as an individual
    feature (i. e., a disposition) as well as a set of self-initiated and goal-directed
    behaviours that are assumed to affect employees’ learning and development (e.
    g., crafting of new work experiences). He then further specifies this theoretical
    framework and investigates it empirically in the domain of geriatric care nursing.
    Based on the findings of the three empirical studies conducted, the author discusses
    the relevance of human agency for the development of professional expertise of
    geriatric care nurses.\r\n\r\nThe work received the American Educational Research
    Association (AERA) Workplace Learning SIG 2017 Dissertation of the Year Award."
author:
- first_name: Michael
  full_name: Goller, Michael
  id: '30984'
  last_name: Goller
  orcid: 0000-0002-2820-9178
citation:
  ama: 'Goller M. <i>Human Agency at Work: An Active Approach towards Expertise Development</i>.
    Wiesbaden: Springer; 2017. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-18286-1">10.1007/978-3-658-18286-1</a>'
  apa: 'Goller, M. (2017). <i>Human agency at work: An active approach towards expertise
    development</i>. Wiesbaden: Springer. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-18286-1">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-18286-1</a>'
  bibtex: '@book{Goller_2017, place={Wiesbaden}, title={Human agency at work: An active
    approach towards expertise development}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-18286-1">10.1007/978-3-658-18286-1</a>},
    publisher={Springer}, author={Goller, Michael}, year={2017} }'
  chicago: 'Goller, Michael. <i>Human Agency at Work: An Active Approach towards Expertise
    Development</i>. Wiesbaden: Springer, 2017. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-18286-1">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-18286-1</a>.'
  ieee: 'M. Goller, <i>Human agency at work: An active approach towards expertise
    development</i>. Wiesbaden: Springer, 2017.'
  mla: 'Goller, Michael. <i>Human Agency at Work: An Active Approach towards Expertise
    Development</i>. Springer, 2017, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-18286-1">10.1007/978-3-658-18286-1</a>.'
  short: 'M. Goller, Human Agency at Work: An Active Approach towards Expertise Development,
    Springer, Wiesbaden, 2017.'
date_created: 2018-07-23T09:29:39Z
date_updated: 2022-01-06T06:59:27Z
department:
- _id: '452'
doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-18286-1
keyword:
- Workplace learning
- Agency
- Expertise
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- url: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-658-18286-1
page: '373'
place: Wiesbaden
publication_identifier:
  isbn:
  - 978-3-658-18285-4
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: 'Human agency at work: An active approach towards expertise development'
type: book
user_id: '30984'
year: '2017'
...
---
_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'
...