Jingle bells and juggling stress: An IPA analysis of well-being and ill-being among market entrepreneurs in outdoor finnish christmas markets

Regina Casteleijn-Osorno and Linh Duong

Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 2025, vol. 23, issue C

Abstract: Christmas markets evoke joyful, emotional, and nostalgic impressions to just about everyone. But what about the people behind the booths? Through semi-structured interviews with six sellers and a market organizer in Finland, we apply an interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA) approach to illustrate that positive and detrimental effects on hedonic and eudaimonic well-being co-exist, addressing both physical and emotional stressors of entrepreneurs when selling at Christmas markets. Also, the results showcase well-being trade-offs that bring the sense of fulfillment when doing entrepreneurial activities. This study contributes to entrepreneurship well-being research and research concerning societal implications to the market seller community.

Keywords: IPA analysis; Well-being; Ill-being; Market entrepreneurs; Outdoor markets; Christmas (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbvi.2025.e00515

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