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JOURNAL OF BUSINESS VENTURING
Volume 25, Issue 1, Pages 41-53Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2008.07.002
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Founder role identity; Entrepreneurial transition; Persistence; Organizational founding; Identity centrality; Identity complexity
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We develop a new theory that views organizational founding as involving a role transition. Through the construct of founder role identity, we delineate how identity centrality and complexity affect individuals' ability to exit a work role in order to undertake founding activities. We argue that individuals are challenged to adjust to the founder role requirements and incorporate the new role into an overall self-concept. We then delineate how configurations of founder role identities influence persistence, and the longer-term outcomes of dormancy and successful founding. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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