Business incubator managers' perceptions of their role and performance success : Role demands, constraints, and choices

Kakabadse, Nada and Gowan, Carmel and Karatas- Ozkan, Mine and Theodorakopoulos, Nikolas and Nicolopoulou, Katerina (2020) Business incubator managers' perceptions of their role and performance success : Role demands, constraints, and choices. European Management Review, 17 (2). pp. 485-498. ISSN 1740-4754 (https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12379)

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Abstract

Using Stewart's (1976a; 1976b) role framework as an analytical lens, this paper examines how business incubator managers perceive their role and performance, and the choices they make in dealing with constraints and competing demands. Given that the literature in this domain has not considered how these types of managers experience agency and structure in their role, this study is important in theory and practice terms. Drawing on 40 qualitative interviews in different UK regions, the findings demonstrate the ways in which business incubator managers see their role as pivotal in supporting the incubatee entrepreneurs and how they endeavour to address competing role demands against constraints. Notably, while funding is commonly viewed as an enabler, the findings suggest that the funding structure could act as a constraint on the incubator managers, due to the weight of perceived bureaucracy preventing the latter from operating effectively within the full remit of their role.

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Kakabadse, Nada, Gowan, Carmel, Karatas- Ozkan, Mine, Theodorakopoulos, Nikolas and Nicolopoulou, Katerina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2634-5296;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:70562
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    1 June 2020
    Published
    5 January 2020
    Published Online
    11 November 2019
    Accepted
    12 November 2018
    Submitted
    Notes:© 2020 European Academy of Management Kakabadse, N., Karatas-Ozkan, M., Theodorakopoulos, N., McGowan, C., and Nicolopoulou, K. (2020) Business Incubator Managers’ Perceptions of their Role and Performance Success: Role Demands, Constraints, and Choices. European Management Review, 17: 485–498. https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12379.
    Subjects:Social Sciences > Economic Theory
    Department:Strathclyde Business School > Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Innovation
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:18 Nov 2019 16:27
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 12:30
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/70562
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