Agency

Krsto Pandza

Chapter 2.2 in Elgar Encyclopedia of Strategy as Practice, 2025, pp 115-117 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The concept of agency, comprising the notions of purposiveness, intentionality, choice, and initiative, is intrinsic to the field of strategy, yet it remains elusive and seldom drives empirical research in the field. Traditionally, strategy research has oscillated between behavioural individualism, inspired by psychology, and firm-level analysis rooted in economic theories that attribute strategic agency to the organization as a whole. Strategy-as-Practice, with its focus on the micro-level social activities, processes, and practices of strategizing, has arguably embraced the concept of agency more fully than other approaches in the field. In this context, agency—defined as the temporally constructed engagement by actors with different structural environments through the interplay of habit, imagination, and judgment—is examined through the lens of strategy practitioners’ daily activities, their use of strategic practices, and their navigation of the praxis of strategy work.

Keywords: Agency; Strategy-as-practice (SAP); Structuration theory; Iterational agency; Projective agency; Practical-evaluative agency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035315956
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