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New Article: The language of crowdfunding: An exploratory study of entrepreneurial and other campaigns

Abstract: Crowdfunding has become an attractive option to raise funds in recent years. Several studies have examined language use in crowdfunding campaigns, and a few have attempted to understand entrepreneurs’ language use on these platforms precisely. All assume that those categorized as entrepreneurial are inherently different from those categorized as other. We aim to explore […]

VIDEO: Using LIWC for Computer-Aided Text Analysis in Management Research

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Are you an academic researcher who relies on self-report survey data? Even if you haven’t used it in your own project, you have probably heard mention of computer-aided text analysis (CATA). CATA offers a way to quantify text, thereby, acquiring an understanding of a text’s author. It is an interesting approach to supplement or replace […]