Are work stressors and emotional exhaustion driving exit intentions among business owners?

Sardeshmukh, Shruti; Goldsby, Michael G.; Smith, Ronda M.

doi:10.1111/jsbm.12477

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“…As a primary contribution to entrepreneurship research, the findings from this study suggest a fuller understanding of entrepreneurs can be gained from utilizing stress appraisals for investigations rather than perceptions of stressors or work demands. For example, Sardeshmukh et al (2020) found that job demands (i.e. role ambiguity) were positively related to business owner exit intentions.…”

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Appraisals matter: relationships between entrepreneurs' stress appraisals and venture-based outcomes

Bennett¹,

Lanivich²,

Gharagozloo³

et al. 2021

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how stress appraisals (i.e. cognitive evaluations) influence entrepreneurial outcomes like expected financial well-being, life satisfaction, business growth and exit intentions.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses a mixed-methods approach to provide methodological triangulation by analyzing data from two independent samples (qualitative data from 100 entrepreneurs in Study 1; quantitative regression analysis of a sample of 142 entrepreneurs in Study 2).FindingsResults from the qualitative exploration (Study 1) show that entrepreneurs appraised venture-related stressors differently as a challenge, threat or hindrance. The quantitative study (Study 2) found that challenge stress appraisals were positively related to expected financial well-being and expected life satisfaction, threat stress appraisals were negatively related to expected financial well-being and positively related to business exit intentions, and hindrance stress appraisals were positively related to expected business growth and negatively related to business exit intentions.Originality/valueMost entrepreneurship research focuses on stressors rather than appraisals of the stressor. Drawing upon the transactional theory of stress that explains how stress appraisals are an important consideration for understanding the stress process, these two studies showed that stress appraisals differ for each entrepreneur (Study 1) and that stress appraisals explain more variance in many entrepreneurial outcomes than stressors (Study 2).

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confidence: 99%

Appraisals matter: relationships between entrepreneurs' stress appraisals and venture-based outcomes

Bennett¹,

Lanivich²,

Gharagozloo³

et al. 2021

IJEBR

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“…Work overload is the degree to which the "job performance required in a job is excessive or overload due to performance required on a job" (Iverson and Maguire 2000) and is a major contributor to work stress (DeFrank and Ivancevich 1998;Sparks and Cooper 1999;Taylor et al 1997). As stated earlier, the amount of work an entrepreneur decides to pursue is an important aspect of an entrepreneurial career (Sardeshmukh et al 2020). Given the expectations of meeting the business and personal demands of owning and operating a business, entrepreneurs may believe they have too much to do or experience a lack of control in managing all the responsibilities.…”

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“…Rewarding work is an important consideration for staying with an organization. In a related manner, entrepreneurial exit is a topic gaining interest in the entrepreneurship literature (DeTienne and Cardon 2012; Sardeshmukh et al 2020). When entrepreneurs decide to leave their organization, that often means shutting down the enterprise.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…When entrepreneurs decide to leave their organization, that often means shutting down the enterprise. In particular, motivational drivers of exit, many of which are not tied to financial performance, are gaining prominence in the research literature (DeTienne 2010;DeTienne and Cardon 2012;Wennberg et al 2010;Wennberg and DeTienne 2014;Sardeshmukh et al 2020). Research that supports insights into lessening entrepreneurial exit would prove useful for increasing economic vitality in a community.…”

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The Impact of Self-Management Practices on Entrepreneurial Psychological States

Goldsby

Bishop

Goldsby

et al. 2021

Administrative Sciences

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It is well-known that entrepreneurs lead extremely busy lives. While research literature reports the stressors of entrepreneurial careers, few empirical studies have examined the actual management of the demands that entrepreneurs face in their daily lives. In this paper, we conducted a study of 472 small business owners and tested hypotheses on the roles of three self-management practices—exercise, work overload, and attention to detail—on stress, security, and job satisfaction. Exercise, work overload, and attention to detail serve as three important self-management practices that are largely under the decision-making of the individual entrepreneur.

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“…However, entrepreneurs have to deal with many stakeholders, they are the ultimate person in charge of their business and they have to work many hours in times of turbulence; all things that can greatly reduce their autonomy. Entrepreneurs have to deal with the inherent uncertainty of being in business (Fisher et al, 2020), which can bring financial ups and downs, as well as occupational stress (Lerman et al, 2021) and the exhaustion that can lead to business exit (Sardeshmukh et al, 2021).…”

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Motivation and the careers of agricultural entrepreneurs in Ivory Coast

Milot‐Lapointe

Boua

St-Jean

2021

JEC

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Purpose Following an incursion into the business world as an entrepreneur, many people go back to being salaried workers or unemployed. Using self-determination theory (SDT), this study aims to test the effects of self-determined motivation of Ivorian agricultural entrepreneurs on career retention, career satisfaction and subjective well-being. Design/methodology/approach The sample under study consisted of 171 agricultural entrepreneurs in the Ivory Coast who owned their businesses. Research hypotheses were tested using structural equation modelling. Findings The findings reveal that the degree of self-determination in the motivation of Ivorian agricultural entrepreneurs does not have a direct effect on their intention as to whether or not to remain an entrepreneur. The findings nevertheless show that the more the degree of motivation of Ivorian agricultural entrepreneurs is self-determined, the greater satisfaction they experience with their entrepreneurial career and the higher their subjective well-being. The findings also show that satisfaction with the entrepreneurial career is a predictor of career retention among Ivorian agricultural entrepreneurs. In addition, career retention and subjective well-being are reciprocally linked, as are subjective well-being and career satisfaction. Practical implications Career retention of agricultural entrepreneurs in the Ivory Coast can be achieved through career satisfaction and self-determined motivation. Originality/value Based on previous studies on SDT in an organizational context, this study is, to the best of the knowledge, the first to have tested a theoretical model that can explain career retention, career satisfaction and subjective well-being among entrepreneurs. This research brings to light these processes among agricultural entrepreneurs in Ivory Coast.

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Are work stressors and emotional exhaustion driving exit intentions among business owners?

Cited by 35 publications

References 108 publications

Appraisals matter: relationships between entrepreneurs' stress appraisals and venture-based outcomes

Appraisals matter: relationships between entrepreneurs' stress appraisals and venture-based outcomes

The Impact of Self-Management Practices on Entrepreneurial Psychological States

Motivation and the careers of agricultural entrepreneurs in Ivory Coast

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