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Trends in the Field of Entrepreneurship Faculty from 1989 to 2011

This article examines the trends in the market for entrepreneurship faculty over the past 22 years.

Data is provided from June, 1989 through June, 2011 on advertised candidates and positions
throughout the world. The data collected for the study involved a daily process of collecting
information about jobs and candidates from a wide variety of sources: the old Academy of
Management Placement books before the introduction of the Internet; Chronicle of Higher
Education; Academy of Management’s Job Placement Board and The Chronicle of Higher
Education’s weekly online newspaper, and a number of web sites.

There were several significant findings in this study. Over the past year, the number of tenure
track candidates was higher than the number of tenure track positions for only the second time in
12 years. This is a negative for candidates. The findings also show that schools were seeking
senior faculty more often for their open positions. The number of advertisements for associate
and full professors was close to an all-time high. The numbers tell us that entrepreneurship is
becoming increasingly institutionalized within Schools of Business and Management.

Furthermore, as other research has pointed out, there is an increase in entrepreneurship centers
(see Finkle, Menzies, Kuratko, & Goldsby, 2012). This increase requires more senior level
faculty to build new programs.
Schools are also recruiting more candidates with a primary area in entrepreneurship. This shows
that schools are valuing entrepreneurship as they recruit an ever increasing number of candidates
with a primary area in entrepreneurship. This may be due to the increasing demand in
entrepreneurship at schools. Given the state of the economy, more students may be opting for
entrepreneurship education.

The findings of this study make a significant contribution to the field of entrepreneurship
because it makes candidates and administrators more aware of the current trends. For example,
candidates need to be cognizant that the percentage of tenure track positions in entrepreneurship has been going down over the past few years and schools are increasingly seeking senior
candidates with primary areas in entrepreneurship. Likewise, schools need to be aware of the
respective candidate trends that will be discussed later in the paper.

Todd A. Finkle, Gonzaga University

Full Story: http://sbaer.uca.edu/research/USASBE/2012/PaperID25.pdf

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