Entrepreneurship, Clinical Psychology, and Mental Health: An Exciting and Promising New Field of Research

Wiklund, Johan; Hatak, Isabella; Lerner, Daniel; Verheul, Ingrid; Thurik, Roy; Antshel, Kevin M.

doi:10.5465/amp.2019.0085

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“…While we observe a tendency in research to move away from focusing on privileged workers as organizational assets (Ashley and Empson, 2013) to acknowledge the contribution of disabled employees to organizational success (Luu, 2018), little is still known about the value of neurodivergent human capital. We therefore contribute to the emerging strength-based approach to mental disorders (Wiklund et al , 2020) and neurodiversity (Wiklund et al , 2018) where a focus is placed on a person's assets as opposed to weaknesses.…”

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AMO perspectives on the well-being of neurodivergent human capital

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PurposeExisting management research and management practices frequently overlook the relationship between the above-average human capital of highly functioning neurodivergent employees, their subjective well-being in the workplace and performance outcomes. This paper calls for greater attention to the hidden human capital associated with neurodiversity by mainstreaming implementation of neurodiversity-friendly policies and practices.Design/methodology/approachDrawing on the ability, motivation and opportunity (AMO) framework, this conceptual paper integrates research on employee neurodiversity and well-being to provide a model of HR-systems level and human capital development policies, systems and practices for neurodivergent minorities in the workplace.FindingsThis paper illustrates that workplace neurodiversity, like biodiversity, is a natural phenomenon. For subjective individual psychological and organisational well-being, neurodivergent employees require an empathetic culture and innovative talent management approaches that respect cognitive differences.Practical implicationsThe case is made for neurodivergent human capital development and policy-makers to promote inclusive employment and decent work in a context of relatively high unemployment for neurodivergent individuals.Originality/valueThis paper extends current debates on organisational equality, diversity and inclusion to a consideration of workplace well-being for highly functioning neurodivergent workers. It calls for more equitable and empathetic approaches to investing in employees with neurodevelopmental and cognitive disabilities.

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AMO perspectives on the well-being of neurodivergent human capital

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“…Despite a growing awareness that self-selection into self-employment might bias estimates of the health benefits of self-employment (Baron et al, 2016), few studies have empirically accounted for such bias in research on self-employment and health and the nature and direction of self-selection is either debated or not commented on. Utilizing a sophisticated matching methodology and difference-in-difference analyses, we consider counterfactual cases and offer insight into the nature of self-selection for the debate on whether healthier individuals (Baron et al, 2016;Rietveld et al, 2015) or those with health issues (Wiklund et al, 2018(Wiklund et al, , 2020 are more likely to become self-employed. We find that those with poorer mental health (although not physical health) are more likely to change from employment into self-employment.…”

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A fresh look at self-employment, stress and health: accounting for self-selection, time and gender

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2020

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PurposePast research on self-employment and health yielded conflicting findings. Integrating predictions from the Stressor-Strain Outcome model, research on challenge stressors and allostatic load, we predict that physical and mental health are affected by self-employment in distinct ways which play out over different time horizons. We also test whether the health impacts of self-employment are due to enhanced stress (work-related strain) and differ for man and women.Design/methodology/approachWe apply non-parametric propensity score matching in combination with a difference-in-difference approach and longitudinal cohort data to examine self-selection and the causal relationship between self-employment and health. We focus on those that transit into self-employment from paid employment (opportunity self-employment) and analyze strain and health over four years relative to individuals in paid employment.FindingsThose with poorer mental health are more likely to self-select into self-employment. After entering self-employment, individuals experience a short-term uplift in mental health due to lower work-related strain, especially for self-employed men. In the longer-term (four years) the mental health of the self-employed drops back to pre-self-employment levels. We find no effect of self-employment on physical health.Practical implicationsOur research helps to understand the nonpecuniary benefits of self-employment and suggests that we should not advocate self-employment as a “healthy” career.Originality/valueThis article advances research on self-employment and health. Grounded in stress theories it offers new insights relating to self-selection, the temporality of effects, the mediating role of work-related strain, and gender that collectively help to explain why past research yielded conflicting findings.

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“…See Antshel (2018) for a review of this subject. These studies are usually interpreted by the authors as a proof of concept approach: to what degree can the nonclinical measures of mental disorders be linked with occupational choice and behaviour (Wiklund et al, 2019)? Although the emphasis here is on ADHD and entrepreneurship, measures of other mental disorders and/or other occupations could be investigated in a similar fashion.With the exception of pioneering studies building on the person-environment fit literature (Verheul et al, 2015;Wiklund, Yu, Tucker, & Marino, 2017) and those that introduce the notion of disinhibition and non-reasoned action to the field of entrepreneurship (Lerner, 2016;Lerner, Hunt, & Dimov, 2018a), the emerging academic literature linking ADHD and entrepreneurship to date has a strong empirical focus, and there is less attention paid to theorising.…”

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Attention‐Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms and Entrepreneurial Orientation: A Replication Note

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There is a small body of literature linking attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and its symptoms to entrepreneurial manifestations. Some studies take a subclinical perspective by studying the presence of symptoms, while other studies take a clinical perspective by studying the formal diagnosis of ADHD. The entrepreneurial manifestations examined range from entrepreneurial intention to the choice to become self‐employed and from entrepreneurial orientation (EO) to entrepreneurial success. Despite its prominence in the entrepreneurship literature, to date only one study tested for a link with EO. The present study aims to replicate the relationship between ADHD symptoms and EO using a large data set of French small business owners. We do so by discriminating between the two dimensions of ADHD, namely attention‐deficit and hyperactivity, as well as the three dimensions of EO, namely innovativeness, proactiveness, and risk‐taking. We do not find a link between ADHD and EO, although we do find a positive link between ADHD and the risk‐taking subdimension of EO. Hyperactivity symptoms are positively related to EO, which is mainly driven by the subdimensions proactiveness and risk‐taking. We do not find a link between attention‐deficit symptoms and EO, though there is a negative link between attention‐deficit and proactiveness.

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Entrepreneurship, Clinical Psychology, and Mental Health: An Exciting and Promising New Field of Research

Cited by 23 publications

References 17 publications

AMO perspectives on the well-being of neurodivergent human capital

AMO perspectives on the well-being of neurodivergent human capital

A fresh look at self-employment, stress and health: accounting for self-selection, time and gender

Attention‐Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms and Entrepreneurial Orientation: A Replication Note

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