Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Work-Related Strains and Work Engagement among Job Demand–Resource Model and Success

Qifan Wang, Sajjad Nawaz Khan, Muhammad Sajjad, Irshad Hussain Sarki and Muhammad Noman Yaseen ()
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Qifan Wang: School of Economics, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang 330013, China
Sajjad Nawaz Khan: Department of Management Sciences, The Islamia University Bahawalpur (RYK), Rahim Yar Khan 64200, Pakistan
Muhammad Sajjad: Department of Management Sciences, Vehari Campus, COMSATS University Islamabad, Vehari 61100, Pakistan
Irshad Hussain Sarki: NCBA&E Lahore Sub Campus Rahim Yar Khan, Rahim Yar Khan 64200, Pakistan
Muhammad Noman Yaseen: Department of Management Sciences, Vehari Campus, COMSATS University Islamabad, Vehari 61100, Pakistan

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 5, 1-19

Abstract: Post-COVID-19 working conditions have been the primary reason behind increased stress among business owners. There is an ever-rising need for entrepreneurial work engagement in their jobs to mitigate the increased entrepreneurial work pressures caused by uncontrolled digitization, enhanced consumer power, and brutal competition. Therefore, this study intends to respond to the existing practical and empirical gaps by investigating the relationships between entrepreneurial job demands (EJD), work-related stress, entrepreneurial job resources (EJR), and entrepreneurial work engagement (WE) for their role in generating entrepreneurial success (ES), especially in the Chinese context. It also tested the mediating role of work-related stress and entrepreneurial work engagement on the relationship between job demands, job resources, and entrepreneurial success. Structured questionnaires were circulated among the targeted respondents (i.e., business owners across China) using quantitative techniques, followed by PLS-SEM for data analysis, as these are the best-suited techniques, considering the context and time constraints. The results verified the impact of job demands on work-related strain, followed by the inverse direct impact of work-related strain on entrepreneurial success. This study found the significant impact of entrepreneurial job resources on entrepreneurial work engagement, followed by the positive impact of WE on entrepreneurial success. Likewise, work engagement’s mediating role was validated, while work-related strain could only negatively mediate the relationship between EJD and ES. Likewise, this study has practical and empirical implications for practitioners and researchers to be mindful of their employees’ emotional states by providing sufficient resources and psychological interventions to ensure business success.

Keywords: entrepreneurial job demands; entrepreneurial job resources; work-related strain; work engagement; entrepreneur success (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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