Areas of Expertise

Language in Entrepreneurship, Crowdfunding, Hybrid Organizing, Content Analysis, and Natural Language Processing

Academic Degrees

• PhD, University of Oklahoma, 2014
• BSBA, University of Arizona, 2005

Professional Experience

• Senior Consultant, IBM Global Business Services

Awards, Honors & Certificates

• 2021 Outstanding Bridge Reviewer Mentor Award from the Academy of Management Review
• 2021 Best Developmental Reviewer Award from the Academy of Management Review
• 2021 Dr. James E. Mumford Excellence in Extraordinary Teaching Award from Indiana University
• 2020 Sage Publications/RMD Lawrence R. James Early Career Award from the Academy of Management Research Methods Division
• 2020 Distinguished Reviewer Award from the Academy of Management Entrepreneurship division
• 2019 Distinguished Reviewer Award from the Academy of Management Entrepreneurship division
• 2018 Excellent Reviewer Certificate from the Family Business Review
• 2017 Excellent Reviewer Certificate from the Family Business Review
• 2015 Excellent Reviewer Certificate from the Family Business Review
• 2014 Excellent Reviewer Certificate from the Family Business Review
• 2013 Outstanding Reviewer Award from the Family Business Review
• 2012 Excellent Reviewer Certificate from the Family Business Review
• 2012 Distinguished Reviewer Award from the Academy of Management Entrepreneurship division

Selected Publications

• Glerum, D. R., Joseph, D. L., McKenny, A. F., and Fritzsche, B. A. (2021). The trainer matters: Cross-classified models of trainee reactions. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106(2), 281-299.
• Mathias, B., McKenny, A., and Crook, R. (2018). Managing the Tensions between Exploration and Exploitation: The Role of Time. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 12(3), 316-334. View Full Text
• McKenny, A. F., Short, J. C., Ketchen, D. J., Payne, G. T., and Moss, T. W. (2018). Strategic entrepreneurial orientation: configurations, performance, and the effects of industry and time. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 12(4), 504-521.
• McKenny, A. F., Aguinis, H., Short, J. C., and Anglin, A. H. (2018). What doesn’t get measured does exist: improving the accuracy of computer-aided text analysis. Journal of Management, 44(7), 2909–2933.
• Anglin, A. H., McKenny, A. F., and Short, J. C. (2018). The impact of collective entrepreneurial optimism on new venture creation and growth: A social contagion perspective. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 42(3), 390-425.
• Anglin, A. H., Short, J. C., Stevenson, R. M., Drover, W., McKenny, A. F., and Allison, T. H.  (2018). The power of positivity? The influence of positive psychological capital language on IPO and crowdfunding outcomes. Journal of Business Venturing, 33(4), 470-492. View Full Text

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  Abstract

  We extend the entrepreneurship literature to include positive psychological capital — an individual or organization's level of psychological resources consisting of hope, optimism, resilience, and confidence — as a salient signal in crowdfunding. We draw from the costless signaling literature to argue that positive psychological capital language usage enhances crowdfunding performance. We examine 1726 crowdfunding campaigns from Kickstarter, finding that entrepreneurs conveying positive psychological capital experience superior fundraising performance. Human capital moderates this relationship while social capital does not, suggesting that costly signals may, at times, enhance the influence of costless signals. Post hoc analyses suggest findings generalize across crowdfunding types, but not to IPOs.

• Anglin, A. H., Wolfe, M. T., Short, J. C., McKenny, A. F., and Pidduck, R. J. (2018). Narcissistic rhetoric and crowdfunding performance: A social role theory perspective. Journal of Business Venturing, 33(6), 780-812.
• McKenny, A. F., Allison, T. H., Ketchen, D. J., Short, J. C., and Ireland, R. D. (2017). How should crowdfunding research evolve? A survey of the Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice editorial board. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 41(2), 291-304.

Edited on September 21, 2022