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2022: Creating a Lexicon of Future
A is for Agency
In social science, agency is the capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices. By contrast, structure are those factors of influence (such as social class, religion, gender, ethnicity, ability, customs, etc.) that determine or limit agents and their decisions. The influences from structure and agency are debated — it is unclear to what extent a person’s actions are constrained by social systems.
One’s agency is one’s independent capability or ability to act on one’s will. This ability is affected by the cognitive belief structure which one has formed through one’s experiences, and the perceptions held by the society and the individual, of the structures and circumstances of the environment one is in and the position one is born into. Disagreement on the extent of one’s agency often causes conflict between parties, e.g. parents and children. ~ Wikipedia
Expressing Personal Agency — Making Things Happen
How to Develop Your Sense of Agency
Seven steps to creating more personal agency, so that you can put yourself on a more powerful path — whether at work, in your relationships, or in life in general. ~ Seven Ways to Develop Your Sense of Agency
