Polychronicity in New Technological Venture Teams: The Influence of Founder-CEOs’ Tertius Iungens Orientation and the Implications for Venture Growth

Abraham Carmeli*, Yan Ling, Li Qun Wei, Jun Xia

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    Abstract

    Team polychronicity, or a team's preference to engage in multiple events simultaneously, in new ventures has attracted increasing research attention. However, research on the antecedents that cultivate the polychronicity of new venture teams (NVTs) and the boundary conditions under which NVT polychronicity influences new ventures’ outcomes has remained underdeveloped both theoretically and empirically. Delving into new technological ventures, we address these issues by developing and testing a model in which founder-CEOs’ tertius iungens orientation (TIO) is suggested as an antecedent and new technological venture growth as an outcome of NVT polychronicity, particularly in industries with abundant growth opportunities. The findings based on founder-CEOs and NVT members from 79 new technological ventures lend support to our arguments and offer theoretical insights to the research of NVT management.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)452-464
    Number of pages13
    JournalIEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
    Volume71
    Early online date1 Dec 2021
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jan 2024

    Scopus Subject Areas

    • Strategy and Management
    • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

    User-Defined Keywords

    • Founder-CEO
    • new venture growth
    • new venture team (NVT)
    • polychronicity
    • technology management
    • tertius iungens orientation (TIO)

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