Rest, Zest, and My Innovative Best: Sleep and Mood as Drivers of Entrepreneurs’ Innovative Behavior

Amanda Williamson, Martina Battisti, Michael Leatherbee and J. Jeffrey Gish

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 2019, vol. 43, issue 3, 582-610

Abstract: This study investigates the antecedents of an entrepreneur’s day-level innovative behavior. Drawing on 2,420 data points from a 10-day experience sampling study with 121 entrepreneurs, we find that sleep quality is a precursor to an entrepreneur’s subsequent innovative behavior, in accordance with the effort-recovery model. Moreover, sleep quality is positively related to high-activation positive moods (e.g., enthusiastic, inspired) and negatively related to high-activation negative moods (e.g., tension, anxiety). Our multilevel structural equation model indicates that high-activation positive moods mediate the relationship between sleep quality and innovative behavior on a given day. These results are relevant for managing entrepreneurial performance.

Keywords: sleep quality; emotions; experience sampling methodology; creativity/innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1177/1042258718798630

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