ERIC Number: EJ1029425
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 8
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Agency Matters: Academic Developers' Quests and Achievements
Saroyan, Alenoush
International Journal for Academic Development, v19 n1 p57-64 2014
The paper provides an analysis of the concepts of agency, compliance, and resistance, drawing on evidence provided in the Belgian, Norwegian, and Polish cases in this Special Issue, as well as the Canadian context. Using the Cultural Historical Activity Theory framework as a lens, it highlights conditions that foster agency, those that may invoke compliance or resistance, and those that lead to fruitful collaboration.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Universities, Compliance (Psychology), Resistance (Psychology), Empowerment
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Belgium; Canada; Norway; Poland
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