Adapting and extending the unfolding model of voluntary job turnover to IS entrepreneurs

Mourmant, Gaëtan

Mourmant, Gaëtan (2008), Adapting and extending the unfolding model of voluntary job turnover to IS entrepreneurs, in Lending, Diane; Vician, Chelley; Riemenschneider, Cindy; Armstrong, Deborah J., Proceedings of the 2008 ACM SIGMIS CPR conference on Computer personnel doctoral consortium and research, ACM : New York, p. 168-170. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1355238.1355280

Type

Communication / Conférence

Date

2008

Conference title

2008 ACM SIGMIS CPR conference on Computer personnel doctoral consortium and research. SIGMIS CPR '08

Conference date

2008-04

Conference city

Charlottesville

Conference country

États-Unis

Book title

Proceedings of the 2008 ACM SIGMIS CPR conference on Computer personnel doctoral consortium and research

Book author

Lending, Diane; Vician, Chelley; Riemenschneider, Cindy; Armstrong, Deborah J.

Publisher

ACM

Published in

New York

ISBN

978-1-60558-069-2

Pages

168-170

Abstract (EN)

This proposal builds on the interaction between a dynamic construct that I call entrepreneur maturation (EM) and the shock construct from Lee et al (1996)'s Unfolding Model of Turnover. This proposal describes an exploratory study in which I seek to understand how an IS nascent entrepreneur (NE) decides to quit his or her job to create a venture (conception and gestation stage). The dissertation's theoretical contribution lies in the new construct: entrepreneurial maturation (EM). The methodology will be based on a multi-case design, which will help contrast the different dimensions and facet of venture creation by an employee.

Subjects / Keywords

Unfolding Model of Turnover; entrepreneurial maturation; Computing profession

JEL

M15 - IT Management
M13 - New Firms; Startups
L26 - Entrepreneurship