The Relationship Between University Culture and Climate and Research Scientists’ Spin-off Intentions

Annelore Huyghe () and Mirjam Knockaert ()
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Annelore Huyghe: Queensland University of Technology
Mirjam Knockaert: University of Ghent

Chapter Chapter 1 in University Evolution, Entrepreneurial Activity and Regional Competitiveness, 2016, pp 3-26 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Over the past decades, universities have increasingly become involved in entrepreneurial activities. Despite efforts to embrace their ‘third mission’, universities still demonstrate great heterogeneity in terms of their involvement in academic entrepreneurship. This chapter adopts an institutional perspective to understand how organizational characteristics affect research scientists’ entrepreneurial intentions. We study the impact of university culture and climate on entrepreneurial intentions, thereby specifically focusing on intentions to spin off a company. Using a sample of 437 research scientists from Swedish and German universities, our results reveal that the extent to which universities articulate entrepreneurship as a fundamental element of their mission fosters research scientists’ spin-off intentions. Furthermore, the presence of university role models positively affects research scientists’ propensity to engage in entrepreneurial activities, both directly and indirectly through entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Finally, research scientists working at universities which explicitly reward people for ‘third mission’ related output show higher levels of spin-off intentions. This study has implications for both academics and practitioners, including university managers and policy makers.

Keywords: Entrepreneurial intentions; Academic entrepreneurship; Organizational culture; Organizational climate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-17713-7_1

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