Emotional demands and entrepreneurial burnout: the role of autonomy and job satisfaction

Tahar, Yosr Ben; Rejeb, Nada; Maalaoui, Adnane; Kraus, Sascha; Westhead, Paul; Jones, Paul

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.

Citation

Tahar, Y. B., Rejeb, N., Maalaoui, A., Kraus, S., Westhead, P., & Jones, P. (2023). Emotional demands and entrepreneurial burnout: the role of autonomy and job satisfaction. Small Business Economics, 61, 701–716. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-022-00702-w

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 3, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Oct 21, 2022
• Publication Date: 2023-08
• Deposit Date: Jan 13, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 22, 2023
• Journal: Small Business Economics
• Print ISSN: 0921-898X
• Electronic ISSN: 1573-0913
• Publisher: Springer
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 61
• Pages: 701–716
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-022-00702-w
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1183547