Dr Farsan Madjdi
- Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Management (Management)
email:
Farsan.Madjdi@glasgow.ac.uk
Adam Smith Business School, 2 Discovery Place, Glasgow, G11 6EY
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568Biography
Farsan is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Management & Entrepreneurship and part of the cluster of International Business and Enterprise at Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, UK. He holds a PhD from the University of Cape Town, Graduate School of Business, South Africa. In addition to his PhD, he received an MBA from Henley Business School, UK, and an MSc in Management & Economics from the University of Regensburg, Germany. His research has been published in leading international journals such as Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Journal of International Management, and in edited volumes, including The Oxford Handbook of Organisational Social Evaluations.
His work centers on understanding the complex dynamics of entrepreneurship. With a focus on the role of entrepreneurial action and imagination, he explores how founders identify, create, and act on new opportunities. His research also delves into the socio-economic dimensions of entrepreneurship, such as how entrepreneurial job crafting allows individuals to reshape their roles for greater personal and professional fulfillment, as well as the role of social and community entrepreneurship in addressing societal challenges.
In addition to his academic work, Farsan has practical experience as a start-up advisor and new venture creation facilitator, helping aspiring entrepreneurs navigate the challenges of building sustainable ventures. His interdisciplinary approach blends theory with real-world application, offering a comprehensive view of the entrepreneurial process from ideation to execution. Prior to his academic work, Farsan obtained extensive professional work experience with multinational corporations in developed and emerging markets with a focus on innovation, strategic management, and business development.
Research interests
Farsan is a member of the School's International Business and Enterprise research cluster.
Areas of expertise and interests:
- Entrepreneurial Imagination and Action
- New Venture Design and Legitimacy
- Social and Community Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurial Energy and Well-Being
- Meaningful Work and Hybrid Entrepreneurship
Publications
2025
Packard, Mark D. and Madjdi, Farsan 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568
(2025)
Seeing expectations as “opportunities”: interpretive philosophy and the origins of “opportunity” perceptions.
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice,
(doi: 10.1177/10422587251392499)
(Early Online Publication)
Honecker, Felix and Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568
(2025)
Theorising the Concept of ‘Legitimacy Tolerance’ and Its Effect on the Acceptance of Deception and Misconduct in Entrepreneurship.
In: 41st EGOS Colloquium, Athens, Greece, 03-05 July 2025,
(Accepted for Publication)
Bavdaz, Aleksandra, Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568, Mazid, Tasfia and Mahmood, Gibran
(2025)
From classroom concepts to real-world ventures!
[Film]
Zolfaghari, Badri and Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568
(2025)
Senior Managers’ Motivation to Trust During Strategic Change: Managing Contextual Ambidexterity Through Sensemaking-Sensegiving Processes.
Trust Within And Between Organizations - FINT Conference 2025, Genova, Italy, 18-21 Jun 2025.
(Unpublished)
Zolfaghari, Badri and Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568
(2025)
Bridging paradigmatic divides to theorise in a new context: analysing accounts of trust development among culturally diverse organisational members.
In: Barnard, Helena (ed.)
Handbook for Qualitative Research in Emerging Markets.
Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 194-205.
ISBN 9781035322329
(doi: 10.4337/9781035322329.00022)
Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568 and Zolfaghari, Badri
(2025)
Creating social ventures: how social motivations and goals drive venture idea judgments.
Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, 16(1),
pp. 274-298.
(doi: 10.1080/19420676.2022.2153902)
2024
Zolfaghari, Badri and Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568
(2024)
Reconciling the ‘North-South’ Divide in Qualitative International Management Research: Paradigmatic Triangulation as an Inclusive Path Forward.
AIB Middle East & North Africa 2024 Chapter Conference (AIB MENA 2024), Dubai, UAE, 16-18 Dec 2024.
(Unpublished)
Mortimer, Samuel, Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568 and Zolfaghari, Badri
(2024)
Job Crafting for MEANINGFUL Work and Meaningful WORK: A Theoretical Extension of Job Crafting Theory.
The 94th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, IL, USA, 9-13 August 2024.
(doi: 10.5465/amproc.2024.18020abstract)
Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568, Packard, Mark and Zolfaghari, Badri
(2024)
Entrepreneurial opportunities as expressions of personal identities: interpretative engagement through personal value structures.
Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 36(5-6),
pp. 681-706.
(doi: 10.1080/08985626.2023.2285818)
2023
Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568 and Zolfaghari, Badri
(2023)
Individuating: how founder's social identities shape their evaluation of opportunities.
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research, 29(11),
pp. 58-80.
(doi: 10.1108/IJEBR-12-2021-0990)
Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568 and Zolfaghari, Badri
(2023)
Volocopter: Pursuit of Venture Legitimacy in the Sustainable Urban Air Mobility Ecosystem.
Series: SAGE Business Cases.
SAGE Publications.
ISBN 9781071931141
(doi: 10.4135/9781071931141)
Zolfaghari, Badri and Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568
(2023)
Exploring New Venture Team Creation and Evolution Through Configurations of Trust.
The 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, MA, USA, 4-8 August 2023.
(doi: 10.5465/AMPROC.2023.12398abstract)
Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568 and Zolfaghari, Badri
(2023)
Social entrepreneurs have different reasons for creating their ventures: policymakers should take these into account.
Conversation,
12 Jun.
2022
Zolfaghari, Badri and Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568
(2022)
Building trusting multicultural organizations: rethinking the influence of culture on interpersonal trust development in the workplace.
Journal of International Management, 28(4),
100944.
(doi: 10.1016/j.intman.2022.100944)
Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568 and Zolfaghari, Badri
(2022)
Creating Social Ventures: How (Social) Motivations and Goals Drive Venture Idea Judgments (WITHDRAWN).
In: The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Online and Seattle, Washington, USA, 5-9 Aug 2022,
(doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2022.10259abstract)
Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568 and Zolfaghari, Badri
(2022)
Search and Validation: How Individuation Drives the Opportunity Evaluation of Founders.
In: The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Online and Seattle, Washington, USA, 5-9 Aug 2022,
(doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2022.11406abstract)
2011
Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568 and Hüsig, Stefan
(2011)
The heterogeneity of incumbents' perceptions and response strategies in the face of potential disruptions.
Foresight, 13(5),
pp. 14-33.
(doi: 10.1108/14636681111170194)
Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568 and Hüsig, Stefan
(2011)
The response strategies of incumbent mobile network operators on the disruptive potential of public W-LAN in Germany.
Telecommunications Policy, 35(6),
pp. 555-567.
(doi: 10.1016/j.telpol.2011.04.013)
Articles
Packard, Mark D. and Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568
(2025)
Seeing expectations as “opportunities”: interpretive philosophy and the origins of “opportunity” perceptions.
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice,
(doi: 10.1177/10422587251392499)
(Early Online Publication)
Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568 and Zolfaghari, Badri
(2025)
Creating social ventures: how social motivations and goals drive venture idea judgments.
Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, 16(1),
pp. 274-298.
(doi: 10.1080/19420676.2022.2153902)
Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568, Packard, Mark and Zolfaghari, Badri
(2024)
Entrepreneurial opportunities as expressions of personal identities: interpretative engagement through personal value structures.
Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 36(5-6),
pp. 681-706.
(doi: 10.1080/08985626.2023.2285818)
Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568 and Zolfaghari, Badri
(2023)
Individuating: how founder's social identities shape their evaluation of opportunities.
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research, 29(11),
pp. 58-80.
(doi: 10.1108/IJEBR-12-2021-0990)
Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568 and Zolfaghari, Badri
(2023)
Social entrepreneurs have different reasons for creating their ventures: policymakers should take these into account.
Conversation,
12 Jun.
Zolfaghari, Badri and Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568
(2022)
Building trusting multicultural organizations: rethinking the influence of culture on interpersonal trust development in the workplace.
Journal of International Management, 28(4),
100944.
(doi: 10.1016/j.intman.2022.100944)
Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568 and Hüsig, Stefan
(2011)
The heterogeneity of incumbents' perceptions and response strategies in the face of potential disruptions.
Foresight, 13(5),
pp. 14-33.
(doi: 10.1108/14636681111170194)
Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568 and Hüsig, Stefan
(2011)
The response strategies of incumbent mobile network operators on the disruptive potential of public W-LAN in Germany.
Telecommunications Policy, 35(6),
pp. 555-567.
(doi: 10.1016/j.telpol.2011.04.013)
Books
Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568 and Zolfaghari, Badri
(2023)
Volocopter: Pursuit of Venture Legitimacy in the Sustainable Urban Air Mobility Ecosystem.
Series: SAGE Business Cases.
SAGE Publications.
ISBN 9781071931141
(doi: 10.4135/9781071931141)
Book Sections
Zolfaghari, Badri and Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568
(2025)
Bridging paradigmatic divides to theorise in a new context: analysing accounts of trust development among culturally diverse organisational members.
In: Barnard, Helena (ed.)
Handbook for Qualitative Research in Emerging Markets.
Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 194-205.
ISBN 9781035322329
(doi: 10.4337/9781035322329.00022)
Conference or Workshop Item
Zolfaghari, Badri and Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568
(2025)
Senior Managers’ Motivation to Trust During Strategic Change: Managing Contextual Ambidexterity Through Sensemaking-Sensegiving Processes.
Trust Within And Between Organizations - FINT Conference 2025, Genova, Italy, 18-21 Jun 2025.
(Unpublished)
Zolfaghari, Badri and Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568
(2024)
Reconciling the ‘North-South’ Divide in Qualitative International Management Research: Paradigmatic Triangulation as an Inclusive Path Forward.
AIB Middle East & North Africa 2024 Chapter Conference (AIB MENA 2024), Dubai, UAE, 16-18 Dec 2024.
(Unpublished)
Mortimer, Samuel, Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568 and Zolfaghari, Badri
(2024)
Job Crafting for MEANINGFUL Work and Meaningful WORK: A Theoretical Extension of Job Crafting Theory.
The 94th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, IL, USA, 9-13 August 2024.
(doi: 10.5465/amproc.2024.18020abstract)
Zolfaghari, Badri and Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568
(2023)
Exploring New Venture Team Creation and Evolution Through Configurations of Trust.
The 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, MA, USA, 4-8 August 2023.
(doi: 10.5465/AMPROC.2023.12398abstract)
Conference Proceedings
Honecker, Felix and Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568
(2025)
Theorising the Concept of ‘Legitimacy Tolerance’ and Its Effect on the Acceptance of Deception and Misconduct in Entrepreneurship.
In: 41st EGOS Colloquium, Athens, Greece, 03-05 July 2025,
(Accepted for Publication)
Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568 and Zolfaghari, Badri
(2022)
Creating Social Ventures: How (Social) Motivations and Goals Drive Venture Idea Judgments (WITHDRAWN).
In: The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Online and Seattle, Washington, USA, 5-9 Aug 2022,
(doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2022.10259abstract)
Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568 and Zolfaghari, Badri
(2022)
Search and Validation: How Individuation Drives the Opportunity Evaluation of Founders.
In: The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Online and Seattle, Washington, USA, 5-9 Aug 2022,
(doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2022.11406abstract)
Film
Bavdaz, Aleksandra, Madjdi, Farsan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-6568, Mazid, Tasfia and Mahmood, Gibran
(2025)
From classroom concepts to real-world ventures!
[Film]
Prior publications
Article
Mark D. Packard, Farsan Madjdi (2025) Seeing Expectations as “Opportunities”: Interpretive Philosophy and the Origins of “Opportunity” Perceptions Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice Crossref. (doi: 10.1177/10422587251392499)
Supervision
Farsan is interested in supervising doctoral research that relates to his area of expertise, with a particular focus on qualitative research methods.
Specific areas of interest include:
- Entrepreneurial Imagination and Action
- New Venture Creation and Legitimacy
- Entrepreneurial Energy and Well-Being
- Meaningful Work and Job Crafting
- Hybrid Entrepreneurship
Teaching
Courses:
- Social & Community Entrepreneurship (MGT4048)
- New Venture Creation (MGT1003)
- Entrepreneurship (MGT2014)
- Integrating Business and Management in Practice (MGT4091)
- International Management Solutions (MGT 5181)
