Identity Hierarchies of Academic Entrepreneurs: Moving Beyond Dyadic Comparisons

Fenters, Virgil; Balven, Rachel McCullagh; Waldman, David A.; Siegel, Donald I.

doi:10.5465/ambpp.2017.13936abstract

Cited by 4 publications

(7 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…This study aims to investigate how entrepreneurial and scientific identity centrality influence the intention to engage in academic entrepreneurship. By focusing at individual level, this study has followed previous studies in exploring the role of individual traits and characteristics such as motivations (Hayter 2015; Lam 2010), passions (Huyghe et al 2016), cognitions (Urban and Chantson 2019), and identity (Fenters et al 2017;Jain et al 2009). However, as literature has also highlighted the role of context in influencing individual's behavioural decision-making such as academic department (Rasmussen and Wright 2015), university's policies (Huyghe et al 2015), and industrial characteristics (Abreu and Grinevich 2013).…”

Section: Research Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…From classic entrepreneurship theories, academic entrepreneurs are similar to other entrepreneurs that are associated with certain characteristics, such as innovation, opportunity recognition, and risk-taking behaviour. Recent studies (Falck et al 2012;Fenters et al 2017;Jain et al 2009) introduce the concept of identity to investigate the underlying mechanism of academic entrepreneurship. Identity theory suggests that a person's self-concept is organised into a hierarchy of role identities that correspond to his/her perceived position in the social structure (Fenters et al 2017).…”

Section: The Conflict Of Identity Centrality: the Case Of Academic Enmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Recent studies (Falck et al 2012;Fenters et al 2017;Jain et al 2009) introduce the concept of identity to investigate the underlying mechanism of academic entrepreneurship. Identity theory suggests that a person's self-concept is organised into a hierarchy of role identities that correspond to his/her perceived position in the social structure (Fenters et al 2017). As a result, individuals may perceive their identity as part of 'their view of self' (Watson 2009).…”

Section: The Conflict Of Identity Centrality: the Case Of Academic Enmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As a result, entrepreneurial and scientific identity centrality can co-exist and strengthen the intention to engage in entrepreneurial activities. Academic scientists may develop new entrepreneurial identity centrality as well as old scientific identity centrality (Fenters et al 2017;Lam 2010). In this case, one identity may not constrain the effects of other identities, but these identities are reinforced or complementary (Ashforth 2000).…”

Section: The Interaction Between Entrepreneurial and Scientific Identmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Similar to previous studies (Abreu and Grinevich 2013;Bercovitz and Feldman 2008;Marzocchi et al 2019) this study aims to examine the influence of university in understanding the intention of academic scientists to engage in spin-off creation, patenting, licensing, contracting research and consulting. Drawing on identity theory (Fenters et al 2017), data from 275 academic scientists at Chinese university were analysed at the individual level to reveal the role of entrepreneurial and scientific identity centrality on academic entrepreneurship.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 4 more Smart Citations

Scientist or Entrepreneur? Identity centrality, university entrepreneurial mission, and academic entrepreneurial intention

et al. 2021

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between identity centrality and entrepreneurial intention. Based on a survey of 275 academic scientists from 14 Chinese universities, the results show that entrepreneurial identity centrality positively influences the intention to engage in research commercialisation activities, such as spin-off creation, patenting and licensing, contracting research and consulting. We also found that the conflict between entrepreneurial and scientific identity centrality is less problematic than expected in the literature. In fact, the interaction between both identity centralities strengthens academics scientists’ intention to involve in academic entrepreneurship. Concerning the influence of institutional factor on academic entrepreneurship, the finding confirms that university entrepreneurial mission moderates the relationship between both identity centralities and the intention to establish spin-offs. Finally, this paper provides insights for academic entrepreneurship in China and practical recommendation for policy makers.

show abstract

Section: Research Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Conflict Of Identity Centrality: the Case Of Academic Enmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Conflict Of Identity Centrality: the Case Of Academic Enmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Interaction Between Entrepreneurial and Scientific Identmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 3 more Smart Citations

Scientist or Entrepreneur? Identity centrality, university entrepreneurial mission, and academic entrepreneurial intention

et al. 2021

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Understanding university technicians’ role in creating knowledge exchange routines and capabilities: a research agenda

Noke,

Mosey,

Vere

2024

J Technol Transf

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Knowledge exchange (KE) is becoming a strategic imperative for universities globally. Research examining KE has tended to focus on a limited and select group of stakeholders. This paper builds on calls for a wider consideration of KE activities and other contributors to the KE agenda. The technical community is one such group that has received little attention or acknowledgement of their part in KE. We argue that the technical community makes a significant yet overlooked contribution to a broad array of KE activities. Technicians are problem solvers that often undertake work that their academic counterparts could not do—as users and managers of complex equipment to enable innovation. To date the literature provides limited understanding of the technician’s role and a lack of conceptualization of the contribution of technicians in KE. Adopting a micro-foundation approach, we present a conceptual framework which draws on the multi-level categories of individuals, processes and structures. We take a broader perspective of KE by including activities such as working with external businesses, enabling access to facilities and providing analysis, and contributing to public engagement and training. By synthesizing contemporary research with recent policy work we reveal the potential contribution of technician’s talent, know-how and boundary spanning activities. We conclude with a structured agenda and conceptual framework to help guide future research, showing how investigating the integration of individual, process and structural factors affecting technicians can help reveal new insights into KE capability development at the university level.

show abstract

Transferring Scientific Knowledge to Academic Startups: the Moderating Effect of the Dual Identity of Academic Entrepreneurs on Forming Knowledge Depth and Knowledge Breadth

et al. 2023

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Identity Hierarchies of Academic Entrepreneurs: Moving Beyond Dyadic Comparisons

Cited by 4 publications

References 0 publications

Scientist or Entrepreneur? Identity centrality, university entrepreneurial mission, and academic entrepreneurial intention

Scientist or Entrepreneur? Identity centrality, university entrepreneurial mission, and academic entrepreneurial intention

Understanding university technicians’ role in creating knowledge exchange routines and capabilities: a research agenda

Transferring Scientific Knowledge to Academic Startups: the Moderating Effect of the Dual Identity of Academic Entrepreneurs on Forming Knowledge Depth and Knowledge Breadth

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About