| Observed variables: |
| Number of researchers | DIMENSION |
| Number of licensing agreements | LICENSE |
| Age of TTO (year, logarithmic transformation) | LN_AGE_TTO |
| Number of TTO employees (logarithmic transformation) | LN_STAFF_TTO |
| Number of invention disclosures | INV_DISC |
| Expense for external consulting related to intellectual property | LEGAL |
| Expense for external consulting related to intellectual property, standardized value | ST_LEGAL |
| Private institute (Yes = 1/No = 0) | D_PRIVATE |
| Regional GDP | GDP_REG |
| Regional GDP, standardized value | ST_GDP_REG |
| Regional R&D intensity | RD_REG |
| Age of the respondent | AGE |
| Gender of the respondent (Female = 1/Male = 0) | GEN |
| Head office (Yes = 1/No = 0) | HEAD_TTO |
| Type of contract (Full-time = 1/Part-time = 0) | FULL_IND |
| Latent variables, estimated with CFA from the questionnaire: |
| Meaning (see Table 3) | MEANING |
| Competence (see Table 3) | COMPETENCE |
| Self-determination (see Table 3) | DETERMINATION |
| Impact (see Table 3) | IMPACT |
| Task performance (see Table 3) | TASK |
| Organizational citizenship behavior (see Table 3) | ORG_CITIZ |
| Intention to turnover (see Table 3) | QUIT |
| Perceived engagement | ENGAGEMENT |
| Perceived empowerment | EMPOWERMENT |