Why do some academic entrepreneurs experience less role conflict? The impact of prior academic experience and prior entrepreneurial experience

Hui Zhang, Yuan Mo and Dong Wang ()
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Hui Zhang: Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Yuan Mo: Nanjing University of Finance and Economics
Dong Wang: Nanjing University of Finance and Economics

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 2021, vol. 17, issue 4, No 1, 1539 pages

Abstract: Abstract Despite the growing interest in academic entrepreneurs’ role conflict, we have not gained sufficient insights into its antecedents. Based on social learning theory, we examine how academic entrepreneurs’ prior experience—prior academic experience and prior entrepreneurial experience—influence their role conflict. Through multilevel linear regression and robustness tests using data from 394 academic entrepreneurs, we show that prior academic experience positively impacts role conflict, while prior entrepreneurial experience negatively impacts role conflict. Moreover, the negative effect of academic experience is weaker for academic entrepreneurs who have a longer length of prior entrepreneurial experience. Our study contributes to the literature on the antecedents of academic entrepreneurs’ role conflict and has important practical implications for academic entrepreneurial project cultivation and selection.

Keywords: Academic Entrepreneurship; Role Conflict; Prior Academic Experience; Prior Entrepreneurial Experience (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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