Entrepreneurs’ Psychological Wellbeing

Kleine, Anne-Kathrin; Schmitt, Antje

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“…Although a certain overlap exists between factors that predict entrepreneurs’ satisfaction with their business and their personal life (e.g., human capital and personality traits), most of these constructs are rather non-developable. As such, Kleine and Schmitt (2021) heed researchers to focus on malleable constructs when investigating entrepreneurs’ wellbeing and success determinants, emphasizing incorporating behavioral components into future research models.…”

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“…Second, empirical evidence regarding potential positive causal links between entrepreneurs’ work and home roles is scarce. To date, there is consistent proof of a negative effect between the two roles entrepreneurs assume, which detracts from their wellbeing and performance (for synthesis, see Stephan, 2018 ; Kleine and Schmitt, 2021 ). Being an entrepreneur and having an active social life beyond this role appears to lead to higher entrepreneurial strain ( Arshi et al, 2020 , 2021 ).…”

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“…For instance, entrepreneurs could make use of their autonomy (work resource) to spend time with friends and family, thus gaining social support (home resource). In turn, experiencing social support will boost entrepreneurs’ wellbeing ( Kleine and Schmitt, 2021 ) and, subsequently, their performance and that of their business ( Powell and Eddleston, 2013 ; Stephan, 2018 ). However, to gain additional resources an intentional investment of existing resources is necessary ( Hobfoll, 2011 ).…”

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“…Thus, regarding specific contributions of this investigation, the proposed cross-lagged mediation model seeks to (1) shift the perspective from factors contributing to entrepreneurs experiencing work–home conflict, to factors that can help entrepreneurs thrive in both roles ( Stephan, 2018 ; Kleine and Schmitt, 2021 ), (2) establish proactive vitality management as an antecedent of work–home enrichment and entrepreneurial performance and, (3) capture a positive longitudinal causal relationship between entrepreneurs’ work and home role. This will provide empirical evidence as to why entrepreneurs should seek to reconcile the two apparently competing roles ( Hobfoll, 2011 ; Ezzedeen and Zikic, 2017 ; Godin et al, 2017 ) while also uncovering a moldable behavioral tool that can be employed to achieve this objective (i.e., proactive vitality management).…”

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“…For instance, individuals can make use of existing growth opportunities (contextual resources) to proactively develop new critical skills that can enable them to handle their work role better (individual strategy), resulting in increased performance ( Tisu et al, 2021 ; Tisu and Vîrgă, 2021 ). Although initially developed to reflect processes in the wage-employed sector, existing research demonstrates that the JD-R theory can also be successfully used to explain various processes in the entrepreneurship domain as well ( Dijkhuizen et al, 2016 ; Dinh et al, 2021 ; Kleine and Schmitt, 2021 ). Considering this, we have selected one individual strategy stemming from the JD-R theory—proactive vitality management—as a precursor of entrepreneurial performance.…”

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Proactive Vitality Management, Work–Home Enrichment, and Performance: A Two-Wave Cross-Lagged Study on Entrepreneurs

Tisu

Vîrgă

2022

Front. Psychol.

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This study provides a cross-lagged examination of the relationships between proactive vitality management, work–home enrichment, and entrepreneurial performance. Specifically, based on the Job Demands-Resources and Conservation of Resources theories, we postulate a mediation model where proactive vitality management leads to entrepreneurs transferring resources developed in their work role to thrive in their home role (i.e., work–home enrichment), resulting in augmented entrepreneurial performance. The hypotheses were tested with data collected at two time points, 1 onth apart—T1 (N = 277) and T2 (N = 249), from Romanian entrepreneurs. We analyzed autoregressive, causal, reversed, and reciprocal models to test the mediation model. In the linkage between predictor and outcome variable, the reversed model is the best-fitting model, showing that proactive vitality management is only a distal precursor of performance. However, the best-fitting models for the relationship between predictor and mediator and between mediator and outcome were the reciprocal models. Thus, proactive vitality management and work–home enrichment have reciprocal effects on each other over time, as was the case between work–home enrichment and entrepreneurial performance. These results are in line with the resource gain cycle perspective of the Conservation of Resources theory. Employing proactive behaviors to optimize functioning at work enables the transfer of resources to the home role. Potentiating one role through aspects of another will thus generate additional resources reflecting on entrepreneurial performance. Hence, this study provides insights into precursors and mechanisms that can shape entrepreneurial performance.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Proactive Vitality Management, Work–Home Enrichment, and Performance: A Two-Wave Cross-Lagged Study on Entrepreneurs

Tisu

Vîrgă

2022

Front. Psychol.

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Disentangling the effects of entrepreneurs’ passion and perfectionism on their eudaimonic well-being

Luu,

Nguyen

2024

IJEBR

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PurposeReflecting subjective feelings of aliveness, thrivingness and energy, entrepreneurs’ eudaimonic well-being helps to enhance firm performance, which raises the question how to improve this largely under-researched type of well-being. Drawing upon the conservation of resources theory, this study examines how an entrepreneur’s obsessive passion has an inverted U-shaped association while harmonious has a positive association with their eudaimonic well-being, and how these relationships vary under the moderating effect of socially prescribed perfectionism.Design/methodology/approachStudy 1 includes a survey with entrepreneurs from 182 small businesses in Vietnam. To overcome the limitation of cross-sectional data in Study 1 and test the hypotheses in a diverse and western sample, this research employed a two-wave lagged design in Study 2 with 81 entrepreneurs in the United States and United Kingdom.FindingsBoth studies confirmed that an entrepreneur’s harmonious passion has a positive association and obsessive passion has an inverted U-shaped association with their eudaimonic well-being. This study also found these associations are moderated by socially prescribed perfectionism.Originality/valueThis research extends the literature on eudaimonic well-being in entrepreneurship by confirming its determinants and contributes to the debate about the positive side of obsessive passion. Also, its examination of socially prescribed perfectionism in the context of entrepreneurship lays the foundation for further research on the role of this important personality trait in shaping the performance and well-being of entrepreneurs. This study provides theoretical contributions and managerial implications and suggests areas for future research.

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Health Risks Related to COVID‐19, Psychological Distress and Perceived Productivity

Park

Koch

2023

British J of Management

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The COVID‐19 pandemic has affected the lives of billions around the globe. Yet, our understanding of its impact on psychological distress and work productivity remains limited. Using data from two waves of the Understanding Society COVID‐19 study, a representative British survey of reactions to the COVID‐19 pandemic, comprising 5829 individuals, we find that perceived health risks related to COVID‐19 affect the productivity of working individuals negatively via increased psychological distress. Results also show that the extent of homeworking amplifies the negative relationship between psychological distress and productivity. Additionally, we find that the negative relationship between psychological distress and productivity is stronger for self‐employed individuals compared to those who are in paid employment. Psychological distress, self‐employment status and gender jointly interact in reducing productivity, such that self‐employed women experience the strongest decline in productivity. We discuss the implications of our findings in light of supporting individuals to reduce psychological distress and maintain their productivity following the COVID‐19 pandemic.

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Entrepreneurs’ Psychological Wellbeing

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Proactive Vitality Management, Work–Home Enrichment, and Performance: A Two-Wave Cross-Lagged Study on Entrepreneurs

Proactive Vitality Management, Work–Home Enrichment, and Performance: A Two-Wave Cross-Lagged Study on Entrepreneurs

Disentangling the effects of entrepreneurs’ passion and perfectionism on their eudaimonic well-being

Health Risks Related to COVID‐19, Psychological Distress and Perceived Productivity

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