RT journal article
T1 A typology of principal investigators based on their human capital: an exploratory analysis
A1 Foncubierta Rodríguez, María José
A1 Martín Alcázar, Fernando
A1 Perea Vicente, José Luis
A2 Organización de Empresas
K1 Principal investigator
K1 Profiles
K1 Human capital
K1 Cluster analysis
K1 Research team
K1 Gender
K1 Performance
K1 Academic entrepreneurship
AB There is burgeoning literature on principal investigators (PIs) and their influential role inscience, technology transfer and research commercialisation. However, there is yet no analysisof this actor from the perspective of their human capital (HC), i.e., the combination ofknowledge, abilities and skills that they possess. Consequently, the purpose of this paper isto fill this gap by identifying whether a range of different PI profiles exists, based on theirdifferent HC. A cluster analysis was developed using a database comprised of 224 PIs ofresearch teams, from a wide range of scientific fields. Three different PI profiles were identified,research-oriented PIs, accomplished PIs, management-focused PIs. The relationshipbetween each of these profiles and their performance was analysed at both individual andresearch team level, and our findings reinforce the idea that there is not a size that fits all.Indeed, contrary to the ‘more is better’ statement, higher levels of HC are not necessarilyconnected to better results, our findings suggested an adequate combination of HC as thebest option for PIs. Results of the relationship between PI gender, performance and thethree different PI profiles have been examined, as well.
PB SPRINGER
SN 0892-9912
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/26583
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/26583
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 10-nov-2026