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Agency at Work: An Agentic Perspective on Professional Learning and Development
Details zur Publikation
Autor(inn)en: | Goller, M.; Paloniemi, S. |
Herausgeber: | Goller, Michael |
Verlag: | Springer |
Verlagsort / Veröffentlichungsort: | Cham |
Publikationsjahr: | 2017 |
Titel der Buchreihe: | Professional and Practice-Based Learning Ser |
Jahrgang/Band : | v.20 |
ISBN: | 9783319609423 |
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Zusammenfassung, Abstract
Series Editors' Foreword -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1: Agency at Work, Learning and~Professional Development: An~Introduction -- 1.1 Agency as~a~Central Concept Within~the Literature on~Professional Learning and~Development -- 1.2 The Content of~Part I: Conceptual and~Theoretical Issues -- 1.3 The Content of~Part II: Empirical and~Methodological Issues -- 1.4 The Content of~Part III: Concluding Comments -- References -- Part I: Conceptual and Theoretical Issues -- Chapter 2: Bounded Agency in~Professional Lives -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Towards an~Interdisciplinary Understanding of~Human Agency -- 2.3 Rethinking the~Role of~Personal Agency and~Its Limits -- 2.4 Articulating Visions of~Individual-Biographical Dispositions with~Structural Conditions -- 2.4.1 Socially Positioned Lives -- 2.4.2 Self-Directed Learning -- 2.5 Focusing on~Professional Life -- 2.5.1 Agentic Action Embedded in~Environments and~Institutional Practices of~Professional Life -- 2.5.2 Putting Knowledge to~Work as~Bounded Agency in~Action -- 2.6 Bounded Agency in~the~Context of~Regulated Public Sector Professional Practice -- 2.7 Bounded Agency in~Freelance or Contingent Work Contexts -- 2.8 Discussion -- References -- Chapter 3: Intrapreneurship Competence as~a~Manifestation of~Work Agency: A~Systematic Literature Review -- 3.1 Introduction: The~Relevance of~Intrapreneurship Competence in~Today's Working Life -- 3.2 Theoretical Background and~Research Questions -- 3.2.1 Exploring the~Concept of~Intrapreneurship -- 3.2.2 Conceptualisation of~Intrapreneurship Competence for~Its Examination as~Work Agency -- 3.2.3 The KSAVE Framework for~Defining 21st Century Skills -- 3.2.4 Research Questions -- 3.3 Methods -- 3.3.1 Categories and~Terms for~Searching the~Relevant Literature -- 3.3.2 Databases and~Selection Criteria for~Generating the~Sample 3.3.3 Coding the~Relevant Articles -- 3.4 Results and~Discussion -- 3.4.1 Investigating IP Dispositions Relevant for~Innovative Behaviour~- RQ1 -- 3.4.1.1 Intrapreneurship Dispositions Assigned to~the~{\textquotedbl}Knowledge{\textquotedbl} Category -- 3.4.1.2 Intrapreneurship Dispositions Assigned to~the~{\textquotedbl}Skills{\textquotedbl} Category -- 3.4.1.2.1 Skills Related to~the~Development and~Implementation of~New Ideas~- Dimension 1 and~2 -- 3.4.1.2.2 Skills Related to~the~Development of~New Ideas~- Dimension 1 -- 3.4.1.2.3 Skills Related to~the~Implementation of~New Ideas~- Dimension 2 -- 3.4.1.3 Intrapreneurship Dispositions Assigned to~the~{\textquotedbl}Attitudes{\textquotedbl} Category -- 3.4.2 Competence Model for~Intrapreneurship~- RQ2 -- 3.4.2.1 Creating the~Structural Competence Model for~IP -- 3.4.2.2 Integrating the~Identified Dispositions into~the~Competence Model for~IP -- 3.5 Conclusions -- 3.5.1 Summary of~the~Main Results, Discussion, and~Implications -- 3.5.2 Limitations and~Directions for~Future Research -- References -- Chapter 4: Three Aspects of~Epistemological Agency: The~Socio-personal Construction of~Work-Learning -- 4.1 Work and~Personal Agency -- 4.2 Three Aspects of~Agency -- 4.2.1 Agency 1: Considering Properties -- 4.2.2 Agency 2: Considering Relationships -- 4.2.3 Agency 3: Considering Transformation -- 4.3 Exploring Work-Learning as~Epistemological Agency -- References -- Chapter 5: Human Agency at Work: Towards a~Clarification and~Operationalisation of~the~Concept -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Conceptualisations of~Human Agency -- 5.3 Three Facets of~Human Agency -- 5.3.1 Agency Competence -- 5.3.2 Agency Beliefs -- 5.3.3 Agency Personality -- 5.4 Modelling and~Operationalising Human Agency as~a~Multifaceted Construct -- 5.5 Summary and~Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Expanding the~Notion of~Agency: Introducing Grit as~an~Additional Facet of~Agency -- 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Agency as~a~Multifaceted Concept -- 6.2.1 Subjective Agency: Control Beliefs as~a~Traditional Agency Concept -- 6.2.2 Future-Oriented Expectations: Bring Temporality Back to~the~Concept of~Agency -- 6.2.3 Introducing a~Behavioural Facet of~Agency -- 6.3 Conclusion: Discussion and~Suggestions for~Future Research -- References -- Chapter 7: Agency, Learning and~Knowledge Work: Epistemic Dilemmas in~Professional Practices -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Conceptual Points of~Departure -- 7.2.1 Object of~Activity and~Object-Motive -- 7.2.2 Knowledge Work and~Epistemic Objects -- 7.2.3 Agency -- 7.3 Epistemic Dilemmas -- 7.4 Case Studies -- 7.4.1 Sally and~Her Three Boys -- 7.4.2 Carla with~Didrika -- 7.5 Discussion -- 7.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: Proactive Employees: The~Relationship Between Work-Related Reflection and~Innovative Work Behaviour -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Innovative Work Behaviour: Employee Contributions to~Innovation Development -- 8.2.1 Employee Contributions to~Innovation Development -- 8.2.2 Conceptualising Innovative Work Behaviour -- 8.2.3 The Dynamic, Context-Bound Nature of~Innovative Work Behaviour -- 8.2.4 The Need for~Innovation-Specific Reflection -- 8.3 Work-Related Reflection as~a~Facilitator for~Work Behaviour -- 8.3.1 Conceptualising Work-Related Reflection -- 8.3.2 Reflection as~a~Part of~Work -- 8.3.2.1 The Experiential Learning Cycle -- 8.3.2.2 The Case-Based Reasoning Cycle -- 8.4 Studies on~the~Relationship Between~Work-Related Reflection and~Innovative Work Behaviour -- 8.4.1 Enhancing Innovative Work Behaviour Through~Reflection During~Daily Work -- 8.4.2 Facilitating Innovative Work Behaviour Through~Innovation-Specific Reflection -- 8.5 Discussion -- 8.5.1 The Relationship Between~Work-Related Reflection and~Innovative Work Behaviour 8.5.2 Fostering Work-Related Reflection and~Innovative Work Behaviour -- 8.5.3 Proactive Employees: Taking Charge of~Organisational and~Professional Development -- References -- Chapter 9: The Reciprocal Relationship Between Emotions and~Agency in~the~Workplace -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Theoretical Background -- 9.2.1 Professional Agency -- 9.2.2 Emotions at Work -- 9.3 Research Aim and~Questions -- 9.4 Method -- 9.4.1 The Data -- 9.4.2 The Data Analysis -- 9.5 Findings -- 9.5.1 The Emotional Landscape of~the~Educators' Work -- 9.5.2 The Relationship Between~Educators' Emotions and~Professional Agency -- 9.5.2.1 Emotions in~Crafting Professional Identity -- 9.5.2.2 The Reciprocal Relation Between~Emotions and~Agentic Career Decisions -- 9.5.2.3 Negative Emotions Activating or Subduing Agentic Efforts Relative to~the~Work -- 9.5.3 The Emotions Involved in~Leaders' Work -- 9.5.4 The Relationship Between~Emotions and~Professional Agency Among~Leaders -- 9.5.4.1 Anxiety and~Fear as~Forces for~Agentic Actions -- 9.5.4.2 Emotions in~Negotiating a~Balanced Professional Leader Identity -- 9.5.4.3 Strengthening Agency: From~Inadequacy Towards Leniency -- 9.6 Discussion and~Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 10: Emerging Conceptualisations on~Professional Agency and~Learning -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.1.1 Variations in~Ways of~Understanding Agency -- 10.1.2 An Overview of~the~Perspectives Applied in~the~Previous Chapters -- 10.1.3 The Subject-Centred Sociocultural (SCSC) Perspective as~a~Lens on~Agency -- 10.2 Core Interpretations of~Agency -- 10.2.1 Agency Understood as~Transformative Behaviour -- 10.2.2 Agency as~Relational Action -- 10.2.3 Agency as~an~Innovative and~Creative Process -- 10.3 How the~Individual Subject is Understood -- 10.3.1 Individuals in~Relation to~Agency -- 10.3.2 Agency as~Individual Career Construction and~Identity Negotiation 10.3.3 Agency and~Emotions -- 10.4 The Connections Between Agency and~Learning -- 10.5 Future Avenues of~Research -- References -- Part II: Empirical and Methodological Issues -- Chapter 11: Individuals' Mediation of~Learning Professional Practice: Co-working and~Learning to~Prescribe -- 11.1 Learner Agency and~Intentionality in~Work-Life Learning -- 11.2 Ongoing Learning Across and~Through Working Lives -- 11.2.1 Supporting the~Effective Mediation of~Occupational Knowledge -- 11.2.2 Centrality of~Interdependence -- 11.3 Co-working and~Learning -- 11.4 Pharmacists and~Novice Doctors Co-working and~Co-learning: Case Study Example -- 11.4.1 Overview of~Prescribing Practices -- 11.4.2 The Inquiry -- 11.4.2.1 Novice Doctors' Experiences of~Prescribing Practices and~How Positioned as~Learners -- 11.4.2.2 Novice Doctors' Co-working and~Co-learning with~Pharmacists and~Senior Doctors -- 11.4.2.3 Developing Effective Co-working Relations -- 11.5 Curriculum and~Pedagogic Practices Promoting Individuals' Mediation of~Learning -- 11.5.1 Practice Curriculum Considerations -- 11.6 Pedagogic Practice Considerations -- 11.7 Co-working and~Individual Mediation of~Learning -- References -- Chapter 12: Working Relationally on~Complex Problems: Building Capacity for~Joint Agency in~New Forms of~Work -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Cultural-Historical Approaches to~Agency and~Collaboration Across~Professional Practices -- 12.2.1 The Agentic Actor -- 12.2.2 Collective Agency -- 12.2.3 Relational Form of~Agency -- 12.3 The Research Study -- 12.3.1 Context -- 12.3.2 Participants and~Their Schools -- 12.3.3 Data Sources and~Procedures -- 12.3.4 Data Analysis -- 12.4 The Schools as~Systems -- 12.5 Findings -- 12.5.1 How Did Joint Work with~School Staff Take Place? -- 12.5.2 What Demands Were Recognised by~the New Professionals in~Their Work? 12.5.3 What Relational Resources Did They Use When Collaborating with~Others?
Series Editors' Foreword -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1: Agency at Work, Learning and~Professional Development: An~Introduction -- 1.1 Agency as~a~Central Concept Within~the Literature on~Professional Learning and~Development -- 1.2 The Content of~Part I: Conceptual and~Theoretical Issues -- 1.3 The Content of~Part II: Empirical and~Methodological Issues -- 1.4 The Content of~Part III: Concluding Comments -- References -- Part I: Conceptual and Theoretical Issues -- Chapter 2: Bounded Agency in~Professional Lives -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Towards an~Interdisciplinary Understanding of~Human Agency -- 2.3 Rethinking the~Role of~Personal Agency and~Its Limits -- 2.4 Articulating Visions of~Individual-Biographical Dispositions with~Structural Conditions -- 2.4.1 Socially Positioned Lives -- 2.4.2 Self-Directed Learning -- 2.5 Focusing on~Professional Life -- 2.5.1 Agentic Action Embedded in~Environments and~Institutional Practices of~Professional Life -- 2.5.2 Putting Knowledge to~Work as~Bounded Agency in~Action -- 2.6 Bounded Agency in~the~Context of~Regulated Public Sector Professional Practice -- 2.7 Bounded Agency in~Freelance or Contingent Work Contexts -- 2.8 Discussion -- References -- Chapter 3: Intrapreneurship Competence as~a~Manifestation of~Work Agency: A~Systematic Literature Review -- 3.1 Introduction: The~Relevance of~Intrapreneurship Competence in~Today's Working Life -- 3.2 Theoretical Background and~Research Questions -- 3.2.1 Exploring the~Concept of~Intrapreneurship -- 3.2.2 Conceptualisation of~Intrapreneurship Competence for~Its Examination as~Work Agency -- 3.2.3 The KSAVE Framework for~Defining 21st Century Skills -- 3.2.4 Research Questions -- 3.3 Methods -- 3.3.1 Categories and~Terms for~Searching the~Relevant Literature -- 3.3.2 Databases and~Selection Criteria for~Generating the~Sample 3.3.3 Coding the~Relevant Articles -- 3.4 Results and~Discussion -- 3.4.1 Investigating IP Dispositions Relevant for~Innovative Behaviour~- RQ1 -- 3.4.1.1 Intrapreneurship Dispositions Assigned to~the~{\textquotedbl}Knowledge{\textquotedbl} Category -- 3.4.1.2 Intrapreneurship Dispositions Assigned to~the~{\textquotedbl}Skills{\textquotedbl} Category -- 3.4.1.2.1 Skills Related to~the~Development and~Implementation of~New Ideas~- Dimension 1 and~2 -- 3.4.1.2.2 Skills Related to~the~Development of~New Ideas~- Dimension 1 -- 3.4.1.2.3 Skills Related to~the~Implementation of~New Ideas~- Dimension 2 -- 3.4.1.3 Intrapreneurship Dispositions Assigned to~the~{\textquotedbl}Attitudes{\textquotedbl} Category -- 3.4.2 Competence Model for~Intrapreneurship~- RQ2 -- 3.4.2.1 Creating the~Structural Competence Model for~IP -- 3.4.2.2 Integrating the~Identified Dispositions into~the~Competence Model for~IP -- 3.5 Conclusions -- 3.5.1 Summary of~the~Main Results, Discussion, and~Implications -- 3.5.2 Limitations and~Directions for~Future Research -- References -- Chapter 4: Three Aspects of~Epistemological Agency: The~Socio-personal Construction of~Work-Learning -- 4.1 Work and~Personal Agency -- 4.2 Three Aspects of~Agency -- 4.2.1 Agency 1: Considering Properties -- 4.2.2 Agency 2: Considering Relationships -- 4.2.3 Agency 3: Considering Transformation -- 4.3 Exploring Work-Learning as~Epistemological Agency -- References -- Chapter 5: Human Agency at Work: Towards a~Clarification and~Operationalisation of~the~Concept -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Conceptualisations of~Human Agency -- 5.3 Three Facets of~Human Agency -- 5.3.1 Agency Competence -- 5.3.2 Agency Beliefs -- 5.3.3 Agency Personality -- 5.4 Modelling and~Operationalising Human Agency as~a~Multifaceted Construct -- 5.5 Summary and~Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Expanding the~Notion of~Agency: Introducing Grit as~an~Additional Facet of~Agency -- 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Agency as~a~Multifaceted Concept -- 6.2.1 Subjective Agency: Control Beliefs as~a~Traditional Agency Concept -- 6.2.2 Future-Oriented Expectations: Bring Temporality Back to~the~Concept of~Agency -- 6.2.3 Introducing a~Behavioural Facet of~Agency -- 6.3 Conclusion: Discussion and~Suggestions for~Future Research -- References -- Chapter 7: Agency, Learning and~Knowledge Work: Epistemic Dilemmas in~Professional Practices -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Conceptual Points of~Departure -- 7.2.1 Object of~Activity and~Object-Motive -- 7.2.2 Knowledge Work and~Epistemic Objects -- 7.2.3 Agency -- 7.3 Epistemic Dilemmas -- 7.4 Case Studies -- 7.4.1 Sally and~Her Three Boys -- 7.4.2 Carla with~Didrika -- 7.5 Discussion -- 7.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: Proactive Employees: The~Relationship Between Work-Related Reflection and~Innovative Work Behaviour -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Innovative Work Behaviour: Employee Contributions to~Innovation Development -- 8.2.1 Employee Contributions to~Innovation Development -- 8.2.2 Conceptualising Innovative Work Behaviour -- 8.2.3 The Dynamic, Context-Bound Nature of~Innovative Work Behaviour -- 8.2.4 The Need for~Innovation-Specific Reflection -- 8.3 Work-Related Reflection as~a~Facilitator for~Work Behaviour -- 8.3.1 Conceptualising Work-Related Reflection -- 8.3.2 Reflection as~a~Part of~Work -- 8.3.2.1 The Experiential Learning Cycle -- 8.3.2.2 The Case-Based Reasoning Cycle -- 8.4 Studies on~the~Relationship Between~Work-Related Reflection and~Innovative Work Behaviour -- 8.4.1 Enhancing Innovative Work Behaviour Through~Reflection During~Daily Work -- 8.4.2 Facilitating Innovative Work Behaviour Through~Innovation-Specific Reflection -- 8.5 Discussion -- 8.5.1 The Relationship Between~Work-Related Reflection and~Innovative Work Behaviour 8.5.2 Fostering Work-Related Reflection and~Innovative Work Behaviour -- 8.5.3 Proactive Employees: Taking Charge of~Organisational and~Professional Development -- References -- Chapter 9: The Reciprocal Relationship Between Emotions and~Agency in~the~Workplace -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Theoretical Background -- 9.2.1 Professional Agency -- 9.2.2 Emotions at Work -- 9.3 Research Aim and~Questions -- 9.4 Method -- 9.4.1 The Data -- 9.4.2 The Data Analysis -- 9.5 Findings -- 9.5.1 The Emotional Landscape of~the~Educators' Work -- 9.5.2 The Relationship Between~Educators' Emotions and~Professional Agency -- 9.5.2.1 Emotions in~Crafting Professional Identity -- 9.5.2.2 The Reciprocal Relation Between~Emotions and~Agentic Career Decisions -- 9.5.2.3 Negative Emotions Activating or Subduing Agentic Efforts Relative to~the~Work -- 9.5.3 The Emotions Involved in~Leaders' Work -- 9.5.4 The Relationship Between~Emotions and~Professional Agency Among~Leaders -- 9.5.4.1 Anxiety and~Fear as~Forces for~Agentic Actions -- 9.5.4.2 Emotions in~Negotiating a~Balanced Professional Leader Identity -- 9.5.4.3 Strengthening Agency: From~Inadequacy Towards Leniency -- 9.6 Discussion and~Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 10: Emerging Conceptualisations on~Professional Agency and~Learning -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.1.1 Variations in~Ways of~Understanding Agency -- 10.1.2 An Overview of~the~Perspectives Applied in~the~Previous Chapters -- 10.1.3 The Subject-Centred Sociocultural (SCSC) Perspective as~a~Lens on~Agency -- 10.2 Core Interpretations of~Agency -- 10.2.1 Agency Understood as~Transformative Behaviour -- 10.2.2 Agency as~Relational Action -- 10.2.3 Agency as~an~Innovative and~Creative Process -- 10.3 How the~Individual Subject is Understood -- 10.3.1 Individuals in~Relation to~Agency -- 10.3.2 Agency as~Individual Career Construction and~Identity Negotiation 10.3.3 Agency and~Emotions -- 10.4 The Connections Between Agency and~Learning -- 10.5 Future Avenues of~Research -- References -- Part II: Empirical and Methodological Issues -- Chapter 11: Individuals' Mediation of~Learning Professional Practice: Co-working and~Learning to~Prescribe -- 11.1 Learner Agency and~Intentionality in~Work-Life Learning -- 11.2 Ongoing Learning Across and~Through Working Lives -- 11.2.1 Supporting the~Effective Mediation of~Occupational Knowledge -- 11.2.2 Centrality of~Interdependence -- 11.3 Co-working and~Learning -- 11.4 Pharmacists and~Novice Doctors Co-working and~Co-learning: Case Study Example -- 11.4.1 Overview of~Prescribing Practices -- 11.4.2 The Inquiry -- 11.4.2.1 Novice Doctors' Experiences of~Prescribing Practices and~How Positioned as~Learners -- 11.4.2.2 Novice Doctors' Co-working and~Co-learning with~Pharmacists and~Senior Doctors -- 11.4.2.3 Developing Effective Co-working Relations -- 11.5 Curriculum and~Pedagogic Practices Promoting Individuals' Mediation of~Learning -- 11.5.1 Practice Curriculum Considerations -- 11.6 Pedagogic Practice Considerations -- 11.7 Co-working and~Individual Mediation of~Learning -- References -- Chapter 12: Working Relationally on~Complex Problems: Building Capacity for~Joint Agency in~New Forms of~Work -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Cultural-Historical Approaches to~Agency and~Collaboration Across~Professional Practices -- 12.2.1 The Agentic Actor -- 12.2.2 Collective Agency -- 12.2.3 Relational Form of~Agency -- 12.3 The Research Study -- 12.3.1 Context -- 12.3.2 Participants and~Their Schools -- 12.3.3 Data Sources and~Procedures -- 12.3.4 Data Analysis -- 12.4 The Schools as~Systems -- 12.5 Findings -- 12.5.1 How Did Joint Work with~School Staff Take Place? -- 12.5.2 What Demands Were Recognised by~the New Professionals in~Their Work? 12.5.3 What Relational Resources Did They Use When Collaborating with~Others?
