Role conflict, entrepreneurial identity, and academic entrepreneurship: the effects of immigration status

Haneul Choi, Donald Siegel, David A. Waldman, Ashlee Frandell and Joohyung Kim
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Haneul Choi: University of Bristol
David A. Waldman: Arizona State University
Ashlee Frandell: Arizona State University
Joohyung Kim: Arizona State University

Small Business Economics, 2024, vol. 63, issue 2, No 4, 626 pages

Abstract: Abstract University scientists have been strongly encouraged by administrators to engage in academic entrepreneurship (AE), via patenting, licensing, and startup formation. AE is a key aspect of the rise of “entrepreneurial universities” as discussed by (Guerrero & Urbano, Journal of Technology Transfer, 37(1), 43–74, 2012). We examine the relationship between role conflict and scientists’ propensity to engage in AE. Our model starts with the realization that academics contemplating AE struggle with multiple identities as scientists and entrepreneurs and different roles. We hypothesize that foreign-born scientists are more adept at developing an entrepreneurial identity and managing role conflict, which makes them more likely to engage in AE than their domestic counterparts. Our empirical results, based on data from 391 scientists at 25 US research universities, confirm that foreign-born scientists are well-positioned for AE and that engagement in AE mediates the positive impact of foreign-born status on entrepreneurial identity. The results imply that a more open immigration policy will generate higher levels of AE.

Keywords: Academic entrepreneurship; Role conflict; Entrepreneurial identity; University patents; University licenses; University startups; Entrepreneurial universities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L26 M13 O31 O32 O38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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