Measuring the social identity of entrepreneurs: Scale development and international validation

Philipp Sieger, Marc Gruber, Emmanuelle Fauchart and Thomas Zellweger
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Philipp Sieger: UNIBE - Universität Bern = University of Bern = Université de Berne
Marc Gruber: EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Emmanuelle Fauchart: BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Thomas Zellweger: HSG - University of St.Gallen

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Abstract: Social identity theory offers an important lens to improve understanding of founders as enterprising individuals, the venture creation process, and its outcomes. Yet, further advances are hindered by the lack of valid scales to measure founders' social identities. Drawing on social identity theory and a systematic classification of founders' social identities (Darwinians, Communitarians, and Missionaries), we develop and test a corresponding 15-item scale in the Alpine region and validate it in 13 additional countries and regions. The scale allows identifying founders' social identities and relating them to processes and outcomes in entrepreneurship. The scale is available online in 16 languages.

Keywords: Test; Social identities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-09
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Published in Journal of Business Venturing, 2016, 31 (5), pp.542 - 572. ⟨10.1016/j.jbusvent.2016.07.001⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2016.07.001

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