Covid or not Covid? Psychological Distress and Entrepreneurial Intentions among Canadian Workers during the Pandemic

Simon Coulombe, Marcus Dejardin () and Sylvain Luc
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Simon Coulombe: Département des relations industrielles - Université Laval (Québec), Canada
Sylvain Luc: Département des relations industrielles - Université Laval (Québec), Canada

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Abstract: Triggering events can be associated with entrepreneurial intentions. Using data from a survey on the mental health of Canadian workers carried out in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, we specifically test the association between entrepreneurial intentions and psychological distress, along with other individual demographic and personal-level measurements such as risk-aversion, and financial concern. Our results substantiate a positive relationship between entrepreneurial intention and individual psychological distress, as well as financial deterioration measured at the household level. Taken as a whole, our contribution helps to feed a discussion on the links between mental health and entrepreneurship in a process of personal resilience and, more generally, on well-being as a motivational factor in the entrepreneurial process.

Keywords: well-being; psychological distress; entrepreneurial intention; COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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Published in International Review of Entrepreneurship, inPress

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