Exploring Negative Affect in Entrepreneurial Activity: Effects on Emotional Stress and Contribution to Burnout

Lechat, Thomas; Torrès, Olivier

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“…The call for more research on emotions and entrepreneurship was reinforced by another special issue on emotions in Entrepreneurship Research Journal (Labaki, 2013). Lechat and Torres (2016) specifically call for more research into the role discrete emotions play in entrepreneurship. In answer to these requests, this study investigates how entrepreneurial leaders use displays of discrete emotions and emotional labor tactics to improve employees' job satisfaction, affective commitment, and turnover intentions.…”

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How entrepreneurial leaders use emotional labour to improve employee attitudes and firm performance

Batchelor

Humphrey

Burch

2018

IJWOE

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This study takes a deep look at how entrepreneurial leaders use all three forms of emotional labor. The results from this analysis of 147 dyadic pairs of entrepreneurial leaders and their subordinates are presented herein. This study is the first to investigate the relationship between emotional labor strategy and the display of discrete genuine emotions (enthusiasm, liking, irritation). Leader genuine emotional labor and leader displays of positive discrete emotions were positively correlated with employee job satisfaction, affective commitment, and lower intentions to quit. Additionally, this study provides empirical evidence that the display of discrete emotions moderates the effects of leader genuine emotion on firm performance. From a practical standpoint this study benefits entrepreneurs by outlining emotionally healthy methods to display the appropriate emotions when interacting with stakeholders to enhance firm performance.

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How entrepreneurial leaders use emotional labour to improve employee attitudes and firm performance

Batchelor

Humphrey

Burch

2018

IJWOE

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“…Higher levels of rumination will lead to fatigue (Querstret and Cropley 2012) and exhaustion (especially visible due to long working hours; (Cardon and Patel 2015;Gunia 2018;Patzelt and Shepherd 2011;Torrès and Thurik 2018;Van Yperen and Janssen 2002)), which will have a direct influence on poor health. For example, Lechat and Torrès (2016) found a link between a large number of negative affective events and the risk to experience poor health syndrome (e.g., burnout) for French owner-managers of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In addition, Cardon and Patel (2015) found a negative correlation between entrepreneurs' depressed affect and personal health.…”

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Insomnia: An Important Antecedent Impacting Entrepreneurs’ Health

Levasseur

Tang

Karami³

2019

JRFM

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Insomnia (and sleep deprivation) has an important impact on multiple outcomes such as individuals’ cognitive abilities, decision-making, and affect. In this paper, drawing from sleep research, we focus on entrepreneurs’ insomnia–health relationship and test a serial mediation model that considers entrepreneurs’ insomnia as an important predictor of their poor health. More specifically, we hypothesize that insomnia heightens entrepreneurs’ stress, which leads to increased negative affect, which ultimately undermines their health conditions. Using a sample of 152 Iranian entrepreneurs, we found support for our hypotheses as our results suggest that insomnia has a positive (and detrimental) effect on poor health (via more stress and negative affect). Contrary to research calls focused on stress reduction as one performance improvement mechanism, our results suggest sleep quality as a more effective mechanism for entrepreneurs to reduce their stress and to improve their health. Theoretical and practical implications, limitations, and directions for future research are also discussed.

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“…De même, le dispositif (Binnié et al, 2018) d'aide psychologique aux entrepreneurs en souffrance aiguë, APESA, montre à quel point le risque suicidaire est aussi une réalité méconnue des chefs d'entreprise (Torrès et Moysan, 2019). Si le suicide demeure le stade ultime d'une souffrance, d'autres aspects pathogènes peuvent affecter les chefs d'entreprise, notamment le burnout (Jamal, 2007 ;Ben Tahar, 2014 ;Lechat et Torrès, 2016). Nos recherches s'intéressent à la santé des chefs d'entreprise et, entre autres, à leur risque de burnout, ce qui n'est pas incongru en sciences de gestion.…”

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Dépistage de l’épuisement et prévention duburnoutdes dirigeants de PME

Torrès¹,

Kinowski-Moysan²

2019

Rev. Fr. Gest.

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Le burnout des chefs d’entreprise a rarement fait l’objet de recherche. Pourtant, les conséquences du burnout sont amplifiées du fait de leur position centrale dans les PME. Afin de prévenir le risque de burnout, les auteurs recommandent de commencer par dépister le niveau d’épuisement, premier stade du processus du burnout. Fondé sur un long programme de recherche empirique, les auteurs montrent que ce risque est variable selon les secteurs et les méthodes de collecte des données. En fin d’article, ils relatent comment les travaux sur la santé des dirigeants de PME ont conduit à plusieurs formes de valorisation dont la portée pratique est devenue sociétale.

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Exploring Negative Affect in Entrepreneurial Activity: Effects on Emotional Stress and Contribution to Burnout

Cited by 34 publications

References 109 publications

How entrepreneurial leaders use emotional labour to improve employee attitudes and firm performance

How entrepreneurial leaders use emotional labour to improve employee attitudes and firm performance

Insomnia: An Important Antecedent Impacting Entrepreneurs’ Health

Dépistage de l’épuisement et prévention duburnoutdes dirigeants de PME

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