Firms and parents of kids with fatal condition clash over drug delivery and role of agency.
These findings challenge the additive role of agency and pathway thinking suggested by hope theory (Snyder, 2002).
To date, there is very limited discussion of the role of agency in consideration of the mixed embedded perspective (for an exception see, Trupp, 2015).
The study used a repeated-measures design to examine the role of agency and pathway thinking on goal pursuit emotions (e.g., determination), secondary appraisal, and final exam performance in a group of university psychology students.
The theoretical framework integrates structuration and institutional theories in order to understand how practices are institutionalised or changed at three levels, emphasising the crucial role of agency in structuring organisational and institutional practices.
What distinguished his view, he thought, from the superficially similar verification principle of meaning of the logical positivists was his emphasis on the role of agency (Lewis 1941a, in Lewis 1970, 94).
However, there are several controversies in transition research, including, the role of agency in transitions; the relationships between levels (niche, regime and landscapes); the origin of transitions; the identification of a transition, including starting and ending point of transition processes; and the paradox of replicability and scaling up of independent experiments.
This means a broader understanding of learning, and a theoretical understanding of transformational and interactive processes, where meaning-making, the role of agency, and what is seen as proper representations and as signs of learning in a cultural context are central issues.
But they also reflect resistance or resilience, depending on circumstances shaped by their individual and social context and the role of agency.
