Emotional Demands and Entrepreneurial Burnout: the Role of Autonomy and Job Satisfaction

Overview

Journal Small Bus Econ (Dordr)

Publisher Springer

Date 2024 Apr 16

PMID 38625348

Authors

Yosr Ben Tahar

Nada Rejeb

Adnane Maalaoui

Sascha Kraus

Paul Westhead

Paul Jones

Affiliations

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Abstract

Entrepreneurs can exhibit the entrepreneurial burnout syndrome, which retards entrepreneur and firm performance. Building upon insights from the conservation of resources theory of stress response and psychology theory, this study examined the role of entrepreneur emotional demands as well as job autonomy and satisfaction resources with regard to entrepreneurial burnout. Multivariate regression analysis relating to 273 entrepreneurs in France revealed that emotional demands were positively associated with entrepreneurial burnout, while job autonomy and satisfaction were negatively associated with entrepreneurial burnout. Job autonomy buffered the negative effect of emotional demands on entrepreneurial burnout. However, job satisfaction did not buffer the negative effect of emotional demands on entrepreneurial burnout. Implications are discussed.

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