01859nas a2200241   4500008004100000022001400041245010600055210006900161260004200230300001000272490000600282520111100288653003301399653002201432653001601454653001501470653002001485100002001505700001801525700002201543700001401565856003801579       2018                        eng d  a1927-032100aTread Carefully: Managing Identities and Expectations in High-Tech Industry–Academia Collaborations0 aTread Carefully Managing Identities and Expectations in HighTech  aOttawabTalent First Networkc10/2018  a29-430 v83 aIndustry–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 “leading individuals” 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–academia collaborations by focusing on open innovation as a socially contingent process. 10acritical discourse awareness10aindustry-academia10ainteraction10aleadership10aOpen innovation1 aDe Maeijer, Els1 aVan Hout, Tom1 aWeggeman, Mathieu1 aPost, Ger  uhttps://timreview.ca/article/1191