What makes entrepreneurs happy? Psychological flexibility and entrepreneurs' satisfaction

Joeri van Hugten; Zainab Noor el Hejazi; Jacqueline Brassey; Johanna Vanderstraeten; Nele Cannaerts; Ellen Loots; Wim Coreynen; Arjen van Witteloostuijn

doi:10.1016/j.jbvi.2021.e00263

What makes entrepreneurs happy? Psychological flexibility and entrepreneurs' satisfaction

Joeri van Hugten^*, Zainab Noor el Hejazi, Jacqueline Brassey, Johanna Vanderstraeten, Nele Cannaerts, Ellen Loots, Wim Coreynen, Arjen van Witteloostuijn

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This paper investigates entrepreneurs' satisfaction. We conceptually replicate and extend Carree and Verheul's (2012) Dutch study on the drivers of entrepreneurs' satisfaction with data from Belgian entrepreneurs. Thus, we respond to the need to replicate more in the (social) sciences, including entrepreneurship studies. The ‘extension’ aspect contributes novel theoretical understanding and empirical explanatory power of entrepreneurs' satisfaction. Specifically, the paper introduces psychological flexibility as an important new predictor of entrepreneurs' satisfaction. Indeed, we provide evidence that entrepreneurs with greater psychological flexibility are, on average, more satisfied.

Original language	English
Article number	e00263
Pages (from-to)	1-14
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Business Venturing Insights
Volume	16
Early online date	17 Jul 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2021.e00263
Publication status	Published - Nov 2021

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Entrepreneurs
Psychological flexibility
Satisfaction

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