 Burnout among entrepreneurs: effects of job-related variables and mediation via engagement and over-engagementAmira Chaabane ()
Post-Print from HAL Abstract: The mental health of entrepreneurs is the subject of many research studies. Burnout, in particular, is a significant problem for these professionals. Working as an entrepreneur can involve high levels of stress and burnout. The aim of this article is to test the influence of job-related variables on burnout, in particular professional isolation, decision-making latitude, information overload, ethical conflicts, workload (psychological demand) and engagement. A total of 118 French entrepreneurs completed a selfadministered questionnaire. All the entrepreneurs had registered the statutes of their startups for over a year and were not in the survival phase, as defined by Frese and Gielnik (2023) in their three-phase model (prelaunch, launch, and postlaunch phases). The online questionnaire consisted of nine scales and seven demographic questions (age, sex, experiences, etc.). Cronbach's $\alpha$ for the study scales indicated satisfactory internal consistency for all scales. The results showed that the entrepreneurs' level of burnout decreased with decision-making latitude and professional isolation, whereas it increased with ethical conflicts, information overload and workload. The mediation analyses showed that work engagement and over-engagement at work played a total mediating role between decision latitude, information overload, and burnout. Over engagement played a partial mediating role between workload and burnout. This research suggests that in the context of work, particularly entrepreneurship, there are phases of under-engagement and disengagement. Identifying these stages is key to understand over-engagement. Moreover, our findings showed that under- or disengagement could lead to, or alternate with, over-engagement. Our future study will focus on this subject. The results have several practical implications. For instance, we addressed the concept of professional isolation with the incubator. We recommended that they reconsider the connection between their affiliates and the available ecosystems, as well as the expected level of investment. Keywords: Burnout; Job-related variables; Entrepreneurs; Mental health assessment (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in 15ème Congrès International de Psychologie Sociale, Jul 2024, Bruxelles, Belgium There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04672472 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Post-Print from HAL |
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