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Shawna Chen is an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Goodman School of Business, Brock University. Her work focuses on entrepreneurial cognition, strategic management, and organizational behavior. She explores topics like venture capital dynamics, institutional entrepreneurship, and the psychological underpinnings of entrepreneurial action. Her research emphasizes temporal dynamics in business decisions, cognitive processes in leadership, and the intersection of social context with innovation.
Key research themes include the application of psychological distance theory to entrepreneurial abstraction, the role of intrinsic motivation in workplace performance, and the use of institutional forces for strategic change. Her work bridges cognitive psychology, organizational theory, and strategic management to provide nuanced insights into entrepreneurial processes.
Chen’s publications highlight trends in understanding entrepreneurial behavior through dynamic frameworks, emphasizing the importance of time, social context, and cognitive processes. She advocates for methodological innovation in entrepreneurial action research and explores how leaders use narrative and schema-based approaches for organizational sensemaking.
No scientific awards are explicitly mentioned in the provided text. Advising and grants information is not available here. She contributes to the Goodman School of Business by teaching and researching in entrepreneurship and innovation management.
