| Academic Entrepreneur’s Paradox: Social Identification in Entrepreneurial Transition |
Received:October 16, 2017 Revised:October 16, 2017 |
Key Words: role harmony; academic entrepreneurship; academic entrepreneurs; social identity theory |
| Author Name | Affiliation | | bo zou | Harbin Institute of Technology | | Jinyu Guo | Harbin Institute of Technology | | Sunny Li Sun* | Manning School of Business University of Massachusetts Lowell | | Feng Guo | harbin institute of technology |
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Abstract: |
| Drawing on social identity theory, we investigate how to reach role harmony in academic entrepreneurs’ entrepreneurial transition. Using data from 246 academic entrepreneurs, we analyze the relationship between the two identities’ (dis)identification and role harmony and the moderating effect of entrepreneurial narrative on these relationships. Our analysis indicates that there is an inverted U-shaped relationship between academic entrepreneurs’ entrepreneurial identification and role harmony and a U-shaped relationship between scholarly disidentification and role harmony. In addition, as a sensemaking tool, entrepreneurial narrative would make both the inverted U-shape curve and U-shape curve steeper, which means entrepreneurial narrative can strengthen both the positive and negative relationship between the two identities’ (dis)identitification and role harmony. We discuss the theoretical and policy implications of our findings and provide guidance for academic entrepreneurs. |
