%0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2016 %T Underground Innovation: How to Encourage Bootlegging Employees to Disclose Their Good Ideas %A Kamal Sakhdari %A Erfan Jalali Bidakhavidi %K bootlegging %K corporate entrepreneurship %K hidden ideas %K innovation %K qualitative research method %K R&D departments %X Employees are increasingly considered as the origin of many corporate entrepreneurial ideas. Research on “bootlegging” posits that individuals often resort to hidden activities to elaborate their initial ideas and bring them to fruition. The origins and causes of bootlegging behaviour are well argued in the literature. Yet, less is known about what drives bootleggers to uncover their hidden ideas. This research uses field data from in-depth interviews with innovators in R&D departments in different industries of Iran to identify factors stimulating bootleggers to reveal their underground ideas. We identified five groups of factors at individual, managerial, firm, industrial, and idea levels, explaining the revealing stage of bootlegging behaviour. The findings provide a better understanding of the later phases of bootlegging behaviour and the possible role of context-specific factors such as cultural and religious beliefs. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 6 %P 5-12 %8 03/2016 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/970 %N 3 %1 University of Tehran Kamal Sakhdari is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Entrepreneurship at the University of Tehran, Iran. He received his PhD in Business and Entrepreneurship from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia. His main research interests are corporate entrepreneurship, innovation management, institutional theory, and international business. He is also a member of the Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research (ACE) at the QUT Business School. %2 University of Tehran Erfan Jalali Bidakhavidi holds a Master's degree in Entrepreneurship from the Faculty of Entrepreneurship at the University of Tehran, Iran. His main research interests are corporate entrepreneurship, innovation management, and organizational behaviour. He has been working in the telecommunication industry for several years, and is now conducting a research project on bootlegging behaviour focusing on cultural and institutional factors. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/970