Why Peer Support Matters: Entrepreneurial Stressors, Emotional Exhaustion, and Growth Intentions of Women Entrepreneurs

IF 2 4区管理学 Q3 BUSINESS

Entrepreneurship Research Journal Pub Date : 2022-09-23 DOI:10.1515/erj-2021-0501

B. N. Neneh

引用次数: 1

Abstract

Abstract This article builds on the stressor-strain-outcome framework to explain how entrepreneurial stressors (stressor) and emotional exhaustion (strain) hinder the growth intentions of women entrepreneurs (outcome). A stress-buffering hypothesis is also used to explain how peer support can buffer the entrepreneurial stressor – emotional exhaustion – growth intention relationship. Using a sample of 300 South African women entrepreneurs, our evidence demonstrates that in addition to a significant direct effect on growth intentions, entrepreneurial stressors also contribute to an increase in emotional exhaustion. This, in turn, hinders the growth intentions of women entrepreneurs. We argue that peer support plays a vital buffering role by significantly reducing the effect of entrepreneurial stressors on emotional exhaustion, shielding women entrepreneurs from the adverse effects of entrepreneurial stressors upon venture growth intentions. Finally, implications for theory and practice are discussed.

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为什么同伴支持很重要:创业压力源、情感耗竭和女性企业家的成长意向

本文基于压力源-应变-结果框架，解释了创业压力源(stressor)和情绪耗竭(strain)如何阻碍女性企业家的成长意愿(outcome)。此外，本文还采用压力缓冲假说来解释同伴支持对创业压力源-情绪耗竭-成长意愿关系的缓冲作用。利用300名南非女企业家的样本，我们的证据表明，除了对增长意图有显著的直接影响外，创业压力源也会导致情绪衰竭的增加。这反过来又阻碍了女企业家的增长意图。我们认为同伴支持对女性企业家具有重要的缓冲作用，可以显著降低创业压力源对情绪耗竭的影响，保护女性企业家免受创业压力源对创业成长意愿的不利影响。最后，对理论和实践意义进行了讨论。

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来源期刊

Entrepreneurship Research Journal BUSINESS-

CiteScore

4.50

自引率

21.10%

发文量

期刊介绍： Entrepreneurship Research Journal (ERJ) was launched with an Inaugural Issue in 2011. Professor Ramona Zachary at Baruch College and Professor Chandra Mishra at Florida Atlantic University introduce a new forum for scholarly discussion on entrepreneurs and their activities, contexts, processes, strategies, and outcomes. Positioned as the premier new research journal within the field of entrepreneurship, ERJ seeks to encourage a scholarly exchange between researchers from any field of study who focus on entrepreneurs, and will include both theoretical and empirical articles, with priority being given to high quality theoretical and empirical papers that have managerial or public policy orientation as well as ramifications for entrepreneurship research overall. Topics: -Research Modeling, Design, and Methods: entrepreneurship theories and conceptualizations, entrepreneurship research methods. -The Individuals-Opportunities-Resources Nexus: nascent entrepreneurs, opportunity recognition, drivers of value creation, and emergence, innovation and technology entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial risk and reward, entrepreneurial cognition and behavior. -Inclusive of Near Environments: family entrepreneurship, networks, teams and alliances, venture capital and angel investor groups, entrepreneurial communities, hubs, clusters and public policy, social entrepreneurship. -Distinct Entrepreneurial Stage or Setting: entrepreneurial growth and strategy, boards, governance and leadership, corporate entrepreneurship, international and emerging market entrepreneurship.