TY - JOUR
T1 - Professional agency in a university context
T2 - Academic freedom and fetters
AU - Vähäsantanen, Katja
AU - Paloniemi, Susanna
AU - Räikkönen, Eija
AU - Hökkä, Päivi
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Academy of Finland , Finland, under Grant number 288925 [The Role of Emotions in Agentic Learning at Work]. The authors are grateful to the participants, and to Donald Adamson, who polished the language of the article. Appendix A
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2020/3
Y1 - 2020/3
N2 - Professional agency is an urgent topic in academic contexts, albeit relatively unexplored, and elaborated with contradictory conclusions on its extent and characteristics. To contribute to the discussion, this multimethod study investigated professional agency within a Finnish university. We utilised questionnaire data and interviews to explore agency, as manifested in influencing at work, developing work practices, and negotiating professional identity. We found that overall, these three dimensions of agency were manifested fairly substantially, and in a similar manner among the academic staff. The study further emphasises the social nature of professional agency, and presents theoretical and empirical considerations for future research.
AB - Professional agency is an urgent topic in academic contexts, albeit relatively unexplored, and elaborated with contradictory conclusions on its extent and characteristics. To contribute to the discussion, this multimethod study investigated professional agency within a Finnish university. We utilised questionnaire data and interviews to explore agency, as manifested in influencing at work, developing work practices, and negotiating professional identity. We found that overall, these three dimensions of agency were manifested fairly substantially, and in a similar manner among the academic staff. The study further emphasises the social nature of professional agency, and presents theoretical and empirical considerations for future research.
KW - Higher education
KW - Leaders
KW - Multimethod research
KW - Professional agency
KW - Teachers
U2 - 10.1016/j.tate.2019.103000
DO - 10.1016/j.tate.2019.103000
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85076827789
SN - 0742-051X
VL - 89
JO - TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION
JF - TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION
M1 - 103000
ER -