Negative emotions of an entrepreneurial career: Self-employment and regulatory coping behaviors

By Holger Patzelt, Dean A. Shepherd. 2011

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Subfields: Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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The moderating role of social ties on entrepreneurs' depressed affect and withdrawal intentions in response to economic stress (2012, methodology): “We adapted the MAACL instrument used in the present research with work carried out by Patzelt and Shepherd (2011) who also assessed self-reports of negative emotions, such as in the present research, and further illustrated that method as an established procedure to assess levels of emotions.”
The dualistic regulatory effect of passion on the relationship between fear of failure and negative affect: Insights from facial expression analysis (2020, background): “Under such conditions, it is not surprising that entrepreneurs experience negative affect, such as fear, anxiety, and worry (Patzelt and Shepherd, 2011).”
Emergence of entrepreneurial behaviour: The role of age-based self-image (2015, background): “However, entrepreneurship is often associated with high levels of risk taking, uncertainty over income and continuity of work, a high level of work effort, and a considerable degree of autonomy and responsibility (Patzelt & Shepherd, 2011).”
Entrepreneurs’ Mental Health and Well-Being: A Review and Research Agenda (2018, background): “Two studies additionally pointed to the functionality of emotion-focussed coping styles to enhance MWB (Patzelt & Shepherd, 2011; Uy, Foo, & Song, 2013).”
Self-Compassion When Coping With Venture Obstacles: Loving-Kindness Meditation and Entrepreneurial Fear of Failure (2019, background): “We, therefore, offer the first empirical evidence for the relevancy of self- compassion for entrepreneurship theory and in particular to studies about resilience and coping with fear (e.g., Chadwick & Raver, 2018; Patzelt & Shepherd, 2011).”
Is Stress Worth it? Stress‐Related Health and Wealth Trade‐Offs for Entrepreneurs (2015, background): “…such as “business opportunity recognition, business planning, resource acquisition, hiring, managing, and leading employees, creative problem solving, and quick decision making in uncertain and ambiguous situations (Douglas & Shepherd, 2000; Patzelt & Shepherd, 2011)” (Uy et al., 2013, p. 584).”
The “heart” of entrepreneurship: The impact of entrepreneurial action on health and health on entrepreneurial action (2015, background): “For example, extant work suggests that entrepreneurs use different coping strategies (Patzelt and Shepherd, 2011; Uy et al., 2013), but we need research to better understand the extent to which those entrepreneurs with highly developed coping skills have a weaker negative relationship between…”
Refining the linkage between perceived capability and entrepreneurial intention: roles of perceived opportunity, fear of failure, and gender (2016, background): “In existing literature, this variable has been described as a negative emotion (Patzelt and Shepherd 2011), an experience of shame or humiliation as a consequence of failure (Wood et al. 2013), an appraisal of a person’s ability to accomplish goals (Noguera et al. 2013), or attitudes toward risk…”
Mental disorders in the entrepreneurship context : When Being Different Can Be an Advantage (2018, background): “Over and above the “undoing” effect of positive emotions, entrepreneurial activity may also directly reduce negative emotions (Patzelt & Shepherd, 2011; Shepherd & Patzelt, 2015) by allowing people to avoid (or minimize exposure to) onerous tasks and situations.”
Individual responses to firm failure : Appraisals, grief, and the influence of prior failure experience (2014, background): “The most important distinguishing characteristic between employment and self-employment is the decision autonomy that comes with being self-employed (Patzelt and Shepherd, 2011).”
Stress Processes: An Essential Ingredient in the Entrepreneurial Process (2018, background): “In fact, stress processes seem inevitable for entrepren u s given that they invest energy in actions involving high uncertainty, long working hours, extreme time pressure, role conflicts, and ambiguity (Patzelt & Shepherd, 2011; Wincent & Örtqvist, 2011).”
Let’s Focus on Solutions to Entrepreneurial Ill-Being! Recovery Interventions to Enhance Entrepreneurial Well-Being (2021, background): “…by psychologically detaching from work (Taris et al., 2008; Wach et al., 2020), for instance by engaging in quality sleep (Gish et al., 2019; Williamson et al., 2019), practicing mindfulness (Murnieks et al., 2020) and, in some circumstances, through physical exercise (Patzelt & Shepherd, 2011).”