@article {1191, title = {Tread Carefully: Managing Identities and Expectations in High-Tech Industry{\textendash}Academia Collaborations}, journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review}, volume = {8}, year = {2018}, month = {10/2018}, pages = {29-43}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, address = {Ottawa}, abstract = {Industry{\textendash}academia collaborations are in continual flux. The changing role of academics is reflected in the interaction between industry and academia. In this article, we examine how meetings as a genre are used to establish and alter the roles and identities of participants. First, interactional analysis shows that a meeting set-up revolving around academic presentations confirms an old role division between collaborators where academic contributions are vulnerable to undervaluation. Second, we found that so called {\textquotedblleft}leading individuals{\textquotedblright} show critical discourse awareness that allows partners to reposition themselves in relation to each other. They use interactional strategies to create a joint purpose, empower participants to jointly realign, and motivate them to openly share progress. This results in a power shift where academics feel free to pursue their agendas. With this article, we try to understand how the choice of linguistic features shapes social and interpersonal relations in industry{\textendash}academia collaborations by focusing on open innovation as a socially contingent process. }, keywords = {critical discourse awareness, industry-academia, interaction, leadership, Open innovation}, issn = {1927-0321}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1191}, url = {https://timreview.ca/article/1191}, author = {Els De Maeijer and Tom Van Hout and Mathieu Weggeman and Ger Post} }