Let’s Focus on Solutions to Entrepreneurial Ill-Being! Recovery Interventions to Enhance Entrepreneurial Well-Being

Amanda Williamson, J. Jeffrey Gish and Ute Stephan

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 2021, vol. 45, issue 6, 1307-1338

Abstract: Entrepreneurship is uniquely stressful. Entrepreneurs often cannot avoid entrepreneurial stressors (e.g., uncertainty, workload, resource constraints) and these stressors can deter natural recovery activities (e.g., detachment and sleep). Yet, entrepreneurs may be able to lessen the negative impact of stress on their well-being, health, and productivity by engaging in recovery. In this editorial, we outline how scholars can employ recovery interventions to ameliorate some of entrepreneurship’s ill effects and support entrepreneurs’ health, well-being, and productivity. We aim to move the focus of scholarly inquiry from documenting the health and well-being challenges of entrepreneurs, toward identifying and implementing solutions to support entrepreneurs.

Keywords: psychology; emotions; experimental methods/simulation; entrepreneurial well-being; subjective well-being; recovery; stressors; stress; health; intervention design; randomized control trials; RCT; entrepreneurship; well-being; intervention (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1177/10422587211006431

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