Jeffrey Pollack

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Bio

Jeff Pollack is the Lynn T. Clark II Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship in the Poole College of Management at NC State. He received his undergraduate degree at Northwestern University, his master’s in organizational communication at NC State University, and his doctorate in management at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Jeff has accumulated a variety of entrepreneurial experiences from working in small family-owned firms, to buying and selling businesses, to investing in businesses. These experiences shape his perspective on research and teaching in the domain of entrepreneurship.

In terms of research, Jeff’s work has been published in journals including Academy of Management Journal, Psychological Bulletin, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Management Studies, and Journal of Management.

For teaching, Jeff has taught courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels on entrepreneurship, business opportunity analysis and planning, new venture creation, social entrepreneurship, organizational design, industrial and organizational psychology, organizational behavior, and public speaking.

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Area(s) of Expertise

Entrepreneurship, Mindsets, Business Pitches, Crowdfunding, Resilience, Goal Setting

Publications

• Advancing entrepreneurial alertness research: theoretical, empirical, and Asia Pacific perspectives , ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT (2025)
• Women's and Men's Authorship Experiences: A Prospective Meta-Analysis , JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT (2025)
• A listening model of venture growth: entrepreneurs' listening abilities and ventures' listening capabilities , JOURNAL OF BUSINESS VENTURING (2024)
• Bridging the gap: The roles of entrepreneurs' egotism and structural hole occupancy in venture performance , JOURNAL OF SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (2024)
• When Does Entrepreneurs' Impression Management Enhance Their Networking Performance? The Cross-Level Moderating Role of Collective Altruism , GROUP & ORGANIZATION MANAGEMENT (2024)
• Advancing (Neuro)Entrepreneurship Cognition Research Through Resting-State fMRI: A Methodological Brief , ENTREPRENEURSHIP THEORY AND PRACTICE (2023)
• Rationality in the entrepreneurship process: Is being rational actually rational? Introduction to the special issue , JOURNAL OF BUSINESS VENTURING (2023)
• A systematic review and meta-analysis of growth mindset interventions: For whom, how, and why might such interventions work? , Psychological Bulletin (2022)
• A systematic review of growth mindset intervention implementation strategies , Social and Personality Psychology Compass (2022)
• Entrepreneurial Opportunities as Responsibility , Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (2022)

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