TY - JOUR
T1 - On third generation activity theory
T2 - Interview with Yrjö Engeström
AU - Engeström, Y.
AU - Glaveanu, Vlad Petre
PY - 2012/1/1
Y1 - 2012/1/1
N2 - In this interview Prof. Engeström discusses his professional trajectory and interest in cultural-historical activity theory with a focus on its insights into the fields of work and human development. He comments on recent transformations within this theoretical orientation, many of them promoted by his research into a variety of workplaces and organisations. Methodological aspects, and in particular formative intervention methods such as the Change Laboratory, are also considered. Prof. Engeström's published work covers a multitude of real-life contexts and offers us a perfect example of how psychological research can be a powerful tool not only for understanding reality but actively shaping it.
AB - In this interview Prof. Engeström discusses his professional trajectory and interest in cultural-historical activity theory with a focus on its insights into the fields of work and human development. He comments on recent transformations within this theoretical orientation, many of them promoted by his research into a variety of workplaces and organisations. Methodological aspects, and in particular formative intervention methods such as the Change Laboratory, are also considered. Prof. Engeström's published work covers a multitude of real-life contexts and offers us a perfect example of how psychological research can be a powerful tool not only for understanding reality but actively shaping it.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84870753000&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5964/ejop.v8i4.555
DO - 10.5964/ejop.v8i4.555
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84870753000
SN - 1841-0413
VL - 8
SP - 515
EP - 518
JO - Europe's Journal of Psychology
JF - Europe's Journal of Psychology
IS - 4
ER -