Re-viewing entrepreneurial universities through alumni engagement
(2023) In Small Business Economics- Abstract
- The paper contributes to re-viewing entrepreneurial universities by expanding the understanding of the role and impact of alumni engagement in this context. Embedded in a stakeholder theory perspective, we develop and test a framework that
identifies social, behavioural, cognitive and affective drivers of alumni engagement. We conducted statistical analyses to test hypotheses on a sample of 493 entrepreneurship graduates from Venture Creation Programs (VCP) at three major universities in Scandinavia. Our theorising and findings suggest that alumni engagement is multifaceted—encompassing providing and connecting functions. Furthermore, the analysis suggests social, behavioural and affective drivers to accelerate alumni engagement.... (More) - The paper contributes to re-viewing entrepreneurial universities by expanding the understanding of the role and impact of alumni engagement in this context. Embedded in a stakeholder theory perspective, we develop and test a framework that
identifies social, behavioural, cognitive and affective drivers of alumni engagement. We conducted statistical analyses to test hypotheses on a sample of 493 entrepreneurship graduates from Venture Creation Programs (VCP) at three major universities in Scandinavia. Our theorising and findings suggest that alumni engagement is multifaceted—encompassing providing and connecting functions. Furthermore, the analysis suggests social, behavioural and affective drivers to accelerate alumni engagement. Future studies of entrepreneurial universities should focus more
specifically on how entrepreneurship education and university managers may prepare students for becoming engaged alumni.
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- author
- Politis, Diamanto LU ; Aaboen, Lise ; Eide, Ann Elida and Haneberg, Dag Håkon
- organization
- publishing date
- 2023-12-20
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- epub
- subject
- keywords
- Entrepreneurial universities, Alumni engagement, University ecosystems, Entrepreneurship education
- in
- Small Business Economics
- pages
- 17 pages
- publisher
- Springer
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85180219149
- ISSN
- 1573-0913
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11187-023-00863-2
- language
- English
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- yes
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- 342bcba8-18a4-467b-9a77-79f0353017d8
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abstract = {{The paper contributes to re-viewing entrepreneurial universities by expanding the understanding of the role and impact of alumni engagement in this context. Embedded in a stakeholder theory perspective, we develop and test a framework that<br/>identifies social, behavioural, cognitive and affective drivers of alumni engagement. We conducted statistical analyses to test hypotheses on a sample of 493 entrepreneurship graduates from Venture Creation Programs (VCP) at three major universities in Scandinavia. Our theorising and findings suggest that alumni engagement is multifaceted—encompassing providing and connecting functions. Furthermore, the analysis suggests social, behavioural and affective drivers to accelerate alumni engagement. Future studies of entrepreneurial universities should focus more<br/>specifically on how entrepreneurship education and university managers may prepare students for becoming engaged alumni.<br/>}},
author = {{Politis, Diamanto and Aaboen, Lise and Eide, Ann Elida and Haneberg, Dag Håkon}},
issn = {{1573-0913}},
keywords = {{Entrepreneurial universities; Alumni engagement; University ecosystems; Entrepreneurship education}},
language = {{eng}},
month = {{12}},
publisher = {{Springer}},
series = {{Small Business Economics}},
title = {{Re-viewing entrepreneurial universities through alumni engagement}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11187-023-00863-2}},
doi = {{10.1007/s11187-023-00863-2}},
year = {{2023}},
}