Emotional demands and entrepreneurial burnout: the role of autonomy and job satisfaction

Yosr Ben Tahar (), Nada Rejeb (), Adnane Maalaoui (), Sascha Kraus (), Paul Westhead () and Paul Jones ()
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Yosr Ben Tahar: PSB Paris School of Business
Nada Rejeb: ICD Business School
Adnane Maalaoui: IPAG Business School
Sascha Kraus: Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Paul Westhead: Durham University Business School
Paul Jones: Swansea University School of Management

Small Business Economics, 2023, vol. 61, issue 2, No 12, 716 pages

Abstract: Abstract Entrepreneurs can exhibit the entrepreneurial burnout syndrome, which retards entrepreneur and firm performance. Building upon insights from the conservation of resources theory of stress response and psychology theory, this study examined the role of entrepreneur emotional demands as well as job autonomy and satisfaction resources with regard to entrepreneurial burnout. Multivariate regression analysis relating to 273 entrepreneurs in France revealed that emotional demands were positively associated with entrepreneurial burnout, while job autonomy and satisfaction were negatively associated with entrepreneurial burnout. Job autonomy buffered the negative effect of emotional demands on entrepreneurial burnout. However, job satisfaction did not buffer the negative effect of emotional demands on entrepreneurial burnout. Implications are discussed.

Keywords: Entrepreneurial burnout; Conservation of resources theory of stress response; Emotional demands; Job resources (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J28 L26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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