The 2015 European refugee event and founder social identities : a multi-country and multi-level study

Hietschold, Nadine; Hsueh, Josh Wei-Jun; Sieger, Philipp; Vögtlin, Christian

doi:10.5465/AMBPP.2019.11917abstract

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Title:	The 2015 European refugee event and founder social identities : a multi-country and multi-level study
Authors:	Hietschold, Nadine Hsueh, Josh Wei-Jun Sieger, Philipp Vögtlin, Christian
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.5465/AMBPP.2019.11917abstract
Conference details:	79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, USA, 9-13 August 2019
Issue Date:	2019
Language:	English
Subject (DDC):	658.4: Executive Management
Abstract:	How are founders’ social identities affected by societal trigger events? To address this question, we build on social identity literature and theorize how the abrupt and significant increase in the number of refugees in Europe in 2015 is related to the strength of Darwinian, Communitarian, and Missionary social identities of founders residing in the affected countries. Furthermore, we introduce a country’s percentage of foreigners before the 2015 refugee event as relevant contingency factor. Using a dataset of 6,841 nascent entrepreneurs from 24 European countries, we reveal a positive relationship between the 2015 refugee event and the strength of founders’ Communitarian identity. This relationship is even stronger when the previous percentage of foreigners in a country is lower. Interestingly, we do not find significant relationships between the refugee event and Darwinian or Missionary identities. Our study provides important contributions to the (founder) social identity literature and valuable implications for policy and practice.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/26441
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Departement:	School of Management and Law
Organisational Unit:	Center for Corporate Responsibility (CCR)
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Hietschold, N., Hsueh, J. W.-J., Sieger, P., & Vögtlin, C. (2019). The 2015 European refugee event and founder social identities : a multi-country and multi-level study. 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, USA, 9-13 August 2019. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2019.11917abstract

Hietschold, N. et al. (2019) ‘The 2015 European refugee event and founder social identities : a multi-country and multi-level study’, in 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, USA, 9-13 August 2019. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2019.11917abstract.

N. Hietschold, J. W.-J. Hsueh, P. Sieger, and C. Vögtlin, “The 2015 European refugee event and founder social identities : a multi-country and multi-level study,” in 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, USA, 9-13 August 2019, 2019. doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2019.11917abstract.

HIETSCHOLD, Nadine, Josh Wei-Jun HSUEH, Philipp SIEGER und Christian VÖGTLIN, 2019. The 2015 European refugee event and founder social identities : a multi-country and multi-level study. In: 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, USA, 9-13 August 2019. Conference presentation. 2019

Hietschold, Nadine, Josh Wei-Jun Hsueh, Philipp Sieger, and Christian Vögtlin. 2019. “The 2015 European Refugee Event and Founder Social Identities : A Multi-Country and Multi-Level Study.” Conference presentation. In 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, USA, 9-13 August 2019. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2019.11917abstract.

Hietschold, Nadine, et al. “The 2015 European Refugee Event and Founder Social Identities : A Multi-Country and Multi-Level Study.” 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, USA, 9-13 August 2019, 2019, https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2019.11917abstract.