Prof. Dr. Thierry Volery

Work at ZHAW

Position

Professor in Entrepreneurship, Head of the Management Department

Focus

Startup process, entrepreneurs' behaviour and innovation management

Teaching

Entrepreneurship

Experience

• Professor and Head of Marketing Department
  University of Western Australia
  01 / 2016 - 02 / 2020
• Professor in Entrepreneurship, Director KMU-HSG
  University of St. Gallen
  04 / 2002 - 01 / 2016
• Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship
  EM Lyon Business School
  08 / 1999 - 03 / 2002
• Lecturer / Senior Lecturer
  Curtin University of Technology
  01 / 1996 - 07 / 1999

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Habilitation in Management Sciences
  University of Lyon 3 Jean Moulin
  2000 - 2002
• PhD in Management and Social Sciences
  University of Fribourg
  1991 - 1996
• Diploma "Examination for German Language Proficiency"
  Darmstadt University of Technology
  1990 - 1991
• Master in Management and Social Sciences
  University of Fribourg
  1986 - 1990

Network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-4087-9294

Social media

LinkedIn

Publications

• Giazitzoglu, Andreas; Volery, Thierry; Musu, Antoine,

  2024.

  A little less structuration, a little more action : examining entrepreneurial agency in two marginal ecosystems.

  The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/14657503241289865

• Alshibani, Safiya Mukhtar; Kristoffersen, Ingebjørg; Volery, Thierry,

  2024.

  Hidden costs of entering self-employment : the spouse’s psychological well-being.

  Small Business Economics.

  64(2), pp. 307-332.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-024-00906-2

• Giazitzoglu, Andreas; Volery, Thierry; Cunningham, James; Musu, Antoine; Bianchi, Carmine,

  2024.

  Business in the backwaters : how ‘distance from the core’ impacts entrepreneurs’ lived experiences.

  Entrepreneurship and Regional Development.

  36(5-6), pp. 607-631.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2024.2313560

• Volery, Thierry; Richomme-Huet, Katia; Vial, Virginie,

  2023.

  Editorial : emotions and entrepreneurship.

  Frontiers in Psychology.

  2023(14).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1255607

• Alshibani, Safiya Mukhtar; Olaru, Doina; Volery, Thierry,

  2023.

  The influence of work–family conflict and enhancement on the wellbeing of the self-employed and their spouses : a dyadic analysis.

  Work, Employment and Society.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/09500170231175769

• Koumbarakis, Paris; Volery, Thierry,

  2022.

  Predicting new venture gestation outcomes with machine learning methods.

  Journal of Small Business Management.

  61(5), pp. 2227-2260.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/00472778.2022.2082453

• Ho, Kenneth Fu Xian; Liu, Fang; Tarabashkina, Liudmila; Volery, Thierry,

  2022.

  Cross-cultural differences in consumers' attention to food labels.

  British Food Journal.

  124(12), pp. 4888-4904.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-07-2021-0751

• Volery, Thierry; Mattes, Jochen,

  2022.

  The impact of the big five personality variables on self-employment survival.

  Frontiers in Psychology.

  13(1022477).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1022477

• Volery, Thierry; Tarabashkina, Liudmila,

  2021.

  The impact of organisational support, employee creativity and work centrality on innovative work behaviour.

  Journal of Business Research.

  129, pp. 295-303.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.02.049

• Alshibani, Safiya Mukhtar; Volery, Thierry,

  2020.

  Social support and life satisfaction among entrepreneurs : a latent growth curve modelling approach.

  International Journal of Manpower.

  42(2).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-02-2019-0107

• Klonek, Florian E.; Volery, Thierry; Parker, Sharon K.,

  2020.

  Managing the paradox : individual ambidexterity, paradoxical leadership and multitasking in entrepreneurs across firm life cycle stages.

  International Small Business Journal.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242620943371

• Purchase, Sharon; Volery, Thierry,

  2020.

  Marketing innovation : a systematic review.

  Journal of Marketing Management.

  36(9-10), pp. 763-793.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257X.2020.1774631

• Koumbarakis, Paris; Bergmann, Heiko; Volery, Thierry,

  2020.

  The impact of founder’s regulatory focus on the process of firm birth and firm abandonment.

  Management Decision.

  pp. 1-19.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-10-2019-1415

• Semerci, Anil; Volery, Thierry,

  2019.

  Longitudinal investigation on personality traits and mental health relationships : the mediating role of work-family interference and enhancement.

  Current Issues in Personality Psychology.

  7(3), pp. 173-188.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5114/cipp.2019.89166

• Do, Hang; Mazzarol, Tim; Soutar, Goeffrey N.; Volery, Thierry; Reboud, Sophie,

  2018.

  Organisational factors, anticipated rents and commercialisation in SMEs.

  International Journal of Innovation Management.

  22(2).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1142/S1363919618500184

• Boz Semerci, Anil; Volery, Thierry,

  2018.

  Entrepreneurs as parents : the antecedents and consequence of parenting stress.

  International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research.

  24(1), pp. 41-58.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-04-2017-0136

• Leitch, Claire M; Volery, Thierry,

  2017.

  Entrepreneurial leadership : insights and directions.

  International Small Business Journal.

  35(2), pp. 147-156.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242616681397

• Bäuml, Manuel; Volery, Thierry,

  2023.

  A typology of internet functionalities to develop market orientation in SMEs.

  In:

  Dabić, Marina; Kraus, Sascha, eds.,

  De Gruyter Handbook of SME Entrepreneurship.

  Berlin:

  De Gruyter.

  pp. 255-280.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110747652-013

• Alshibani, Safiya Mukhtar; Volery, Thierry; Kristoffersen, Ingebjorg,

  2022.

  The job satisfaction trajectory during entrepreneurship entry and beyond.

  In:

  Ratten, Vanessa, ed.,

  Oceania Entrepreneurship.

  Singapore:

  Palgrave Macmillan.

  pp. 13-57.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7341-2_2

• Volery, Thierry; Mueller, Susan,

  2018.

  Managing paradoxes and tensions : a key element of entrepreneurs’ leadership behaviour.

  In:

  Harrison, Richard T.; Leitch, Claire M., eds.,

  Research Handbook on Entrepreneurship and Leadership.

  Cheltenham:

  Edward Elgar.

  pp. 133-155.

  Research Handbooks in Business and Management.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783473762.00013

• Jeannet, Jean-Pierre; Volery, Thierry; Bergmann, Heiko; Amstutz, Cornelia,

  2021.

  Masterpieces of Swiss entrepreneurship : Swiss SMEs competing in global markets.

  1. Auflage.

  Cham:

  Springer.

  ISBN 978-3-030-65286-9.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65287-6

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

• Boz, A. & Volery, T. (2018), Entrepreneurs as parents: The antecedents and consequence of parenting stress. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 24(1): 41-58.
• Do, H., Mazzarol, Volery, T., Reboud, S. & Soutar G. (2018), Organisation factors, anticipated rents and commercialization in SMEs, International Journal of Innovation Management, 22(02), 1–30
• Leitch, C. & Volery, T. (2017), Entrepreneurial leadership: Insights and directions, International Small Business Journal, 35(2): 147–156
• Volery, T. & Mazzarol, T. (2015), The evolution of the small business and entrepreneurship field: A bibliometric investigation of the articles published in the ISBJ, International Small Business Journal, 33(4): 374–396.

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