"they act and their actions have consequences, they also resist conditions which they do not like and, in some circumstances, are able to change the conditions of their agency"
"Margaret Archer defines Corporate Agency as involving both formulating goals and actively organizing in order to reach them. Primary Agency does not show either of these characteristics."
"Formal Corporate Agency (stated aims and coordinated action); Informal Corporate Agency (no stated aims but coordinated action); Withdrawn Agency (stated aims but no coordinated action); and Primary Agency (no stated aims and no coordinated action)."