Early career teachers’ sense of professional agency in the classroom: Associations with turnover intentions and perceived inadequacy in teacher-student interaction Lauri Heikonen (corresponding author) Department of Teacher Education, University of Helsinki P.O. Box 9 (Siltavuorenpenger 5A), 00014 University of Helsinki, FINLAND lauri.heikonen@helsinki.fi Tel. +358 50 3688008 Prof. Janne Pietarinen School of Applied Educational Science and Teacher Education, University of Eastern Finland P.O. Box 111 (Yliopistokatu 2), 80101 Joensuu, FINLAND janne.pietarinen@uef.fi Tel. +358 50 4650642 Prof. Kirsi Pyhältö Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Oulu Yliopistonkatu 9, 90014 University of Oulu, FINLAND Research Director, Faculty of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki P.O.Box 9 (Siltavuorenpenger 5A), 00014 University of Helsinki, FINLAND kirsi.pyhalto@helsinki.fi Tel. +358 50 4150132 Professor (acting), Auli Toom Department of Teacher Education, University of Helsinki P.O.Box 9 (Siltavuorenpenger 5A), 00014 University of Helsinki, FINLAND Tel. +358 50 4154852 auli.toom@helsinki.fi Dr., Research Director, Tiina Soini School of Education, University of Tampere Virta (Åkerlundinkatu 5), 33014 University of Tampere, FINLAND Tel. +358 40 1901753 tiina.soini@uta.fi This work was supported by the Academy of Finland under Grant 1259489; the EU Lifelong Learning Programme under Grant 526318-LLP-1-2012-1-EE-COMENIUS-CMP; and the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters under Grant Jutikkala awarded to Lauri Heikonen. Figures: 2, Tables: 2, Word count (including references): 6889 This is the post print version of the article, which has been published in Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education . 2017, 45 (3), 250-266. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1359866X.2016.1169505.