Agency versus structure in reconciliation

Operator agency in process intervention: tampering versus application of tacit knowledge

Statistical process control (SPC) theory takes a negative view of adjustment of process settings, which is termed tampering. In contrast, quality and lean programmes actively encourage operators to acts of intervention and personal agency in the improvement of production outcomes. This creates a conflict that requires operator judgement: How does one differentiate between unnecessary tampering ...

Agency, Structure and the Power of Global Health Networks

Global health networks—webs of individuals and organizations linked by a shared concern for a particular condition—have proliferated over the past quarter century. In a recent editorial in this journal, I presented evidence that their effectiveness in addressing four challenges—problem definition, positioning, coalitionbuilding and governance—shapes their ability to influence policy. The editor...

The Relationship between the Concepts of Agency-Structure in the Thought of Beheshti

In the present paper, we have been trying mainly to define the concepts of agency-structure, so that by understanding the concepts of agency-structure, we sought to discover these concepts in the mindset of Beheshti. The concepts of agency-structure are among the fundamental and vital concepts associated with how governments are recognized. By identifying the extent of the powers, the rights an...

The Phenomenology of Joint Action: Self-Agency versus Joint Agency

Agency and Structure in Human Development Agency and Structure in Human Development ECCLES

Over the course of my career, my intellectual energies have focused on academic achievement and motivation, subjects that stand at the intersection of psychology and sociology. It was the life course paradigm formulated by Glen H. Elder, Jr., that animated my thinking about the sociological component of my research. Today, Elder’s perspective is widely appreciated but in the 1970s, during a for...