Academics or Entrepreneurs? Investigating Role Identity Modification of University Scientists involved in Commercialization Activity

• Main Authors: JAIN, Sanjay, GEORGE, Gerard, MALTARICH, Mark
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2009
• Subjects: Academic entrepreneurship; Role identity; Identity work; Technology transfer policy; Business; Higher Education; Strategic Management Policy; Technology and Innovation
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4685; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/5684/viewcontent/Academics_Entrepreneurs_2009.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Establishing the microfoundations of academic entrepreneurship requires closer scrutiny of a key actor contributing to this phenomenon—the university scientist. We investigate the sense-making that scientists engage in as part of their participation in technology transfer and postulate that this pro...