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Growth intentions among research scientists: a cognitve style perspective
Knockaert, Mirjam der Foo, Maw Erikson, Truls Cools, Eva
Knockaert, Mirjam
der Foo, Maw
Erikson, Truls
Cools, Eva
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Publication Year
2015
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Technovation
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Publication Volume
38
Publication Issue
April
Publication Begin page
64
Publication End page
74
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Although academic entrepreneurship has taken place in some U.S. universities for many decades, it is only over the past few decades that there has been an increased interest by universities worldwide to engage in their third mission related to entrepreneurship and economic development. Recently, researchers studying academic entrepreneurship have increasingly focused on understanding research scientists? entrepreneurial intentions. It has however also been acknowledged that, next to understanding entrepreneurial intentions, it is important to generate insights into growth intentions. This is because growth is unlikely to be achieved if no growth intention exists. Taking a cognition and self-efficacy perspective, our study explores how cognitive styles are associated with growth intentions within a group of research scientists having entrepreneurial intentions. Our study indicates that a planning cognitive style promotes while a knowing cognitive style curbs growth intentions. Further, working experience mitigates the negative impact of a knowing style on growth intentions. Our research has practical implications and implications for technology management, academic entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial intentions literatures.
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Academic Entrepreneurship, Cognitive Style, Growth Intention