The nature of agency: designing agentic systems using a biomimetic lens

Malik, Tegwen; Hughes, Laurie; Dwivedi, Yogesh; Mello, Natalie De; Barahona, Igor; Jeon, Il

doi:10.1108/jsit-07-2025-0306

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The nature of agency: designing agentic systems using a biomimetic lens

Tegwen Malik

, Laurie Hughes, Yogesh Dwivedi, Natalie De Mello

, Igor Barahona, Il Jeon

Journal of Systems and Information Technology, Pages: 1 - 25

Swansea University Authors: Tegwen Malik , Natalie De Mello

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DOI (Published version): 10.1108/jsit-07-2025-0306

Published in:	Journal of Systems and Information Technology
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The nature of agency: designing agentic systems using a biomimetic lens

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