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Pavlov, Oleg V.; Lofgren, Joan; Hoy, Frank – Higher Education Studies, 2022
Colleges and universities increasingly employ temporary instructors. Researchers in higher education have voiced strong concerns about this trend because of its impact on educational outcomes, operations of academic institutions, and the composition of academic workforce. To enhance our understanding of this employment practice, this article makes…
Descriptors: Temporary Employment, Nontenured Faculty, Undergraduate Study, Foreign Countries
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Goller, Michael, Ed.; Paloniemi, Susanna, Ed. – Professional and Practice-based Learning, 2017
The present book collects, integrates, and discusses the range of perspectives and discourses on agency at work. In addition, the book compiles the empirical research that has been generated by various perspectives. The chapters deal with the relationship between (a) agency at work, and (b) professional learning and development. They encompass a…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Professional Autonomy, Workplace Learning, Persistence
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Haapasaari, Arja; Engeström, Yrjö; Kerosuo, Hannele – Journal of Education and Work, 2016
Changes and transformations in organisations are traditionally initiated by the management. This approach does not, however, encourage the agency of all the members in an organisation to engage in cooperative development of the activity. This paper presents an analysis of the development of participants' transformative agency in a Change…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employees, Employer Employee Relationship, Laboratories