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

Amanda Jasmine Williamson*, J. Jeffrey Gish, Ute Stephan

*Corresponding author for this work

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1307-1338
Number of pages32
JournalEntrepreneurship: Theory and Practice
Volume45
Issue number6
Early online date22 Apr 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2021

Keywords

  • emotions
  • entrepreneurial well-being
  • entrepreneurship
  • experimental methods/simulation
  • health
  • intervention
  • intervention design
  • psychology
  • randomized control trials
  • RCT
  • recovery
  • stress
  • stressors
  • subjective well-being
  • well-being

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