ADHD-like behavior and entrepreneurial intentions

By I. Verheul, Joern H. Block, Katrin Burmeister-Lamp, Roy Thurik, H. Tiemeier, Roxana Turturea. Small Business Economics, 2013

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Little is known about the relation between entrepreneurship and the extent of psychiatric symptoms. Validated psychiatric symptom scores are seldom used for non-clinical reasons. One prevalent symptom that deserves our interest is Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). ADHD is a developmental disorder characterized by inattentiveness and hyperactivity that has been linked to occupational choice and performance. Building on the person–environment fit literature, we hypothesize that individuals who exhibit behavior associated with ADHD are more likely to have entrepreneurial intentions. Using a sample of 10,104 students enrolled in higher education, we can confirm our prediction that students with a higher level of ADHD-like behavior are more likely to have entrepreneurial intentions. Additionally, we show that risk taking propensity is a mediator that partly explains this positive effect. Our study points to the importance of behavioral tendencies associated with developmental disorders, when making entrepreneurship decisions. Our study contributes to the literature on the determinants of entrepreneurship, which so far has largely neglected the effects of psychiatric symptoms on entrepreneurship.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health

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"ADHD, Impulsivity and Entrepreneurship" (2017, background): “In particular, there is reason to believe that entrepreneurship exerts a pull on people who exhibit symptoms consistent with the neurodevelopmental disorder Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) (e.g., Archer, 2015; Verheul et al., 2015, 2016; Wiklund et al., 2016).”
Mental disorders in the entrepreneurship context : When Being Different Can Be an Advantage (2018, background): “…with ADHD are more likely to be self-employed in adulthood (Mannuzza et al., 1993), that students exhibiting ADHD traits have higher entrepreneurial intentions (Verheul et al., 2015), and that small business owners with ADHD symptoms have a higher entrepreneurial orientation (Thurik et al., 2016).”
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Entrepreneurship and psychological disorders: How ADHD can be productively harnessed (2016, background): “, 2016), higher entrepreneurial intentions (Verheul et al., 2015) and a”
Relationship between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial goal intentions: psychological traits as mediators (2020, result): “Moreover, other studies authenticate the positive relationship between internal locus of control and entrepreneurship intentions (Dinis et al., 2013; Vodă & Nelu, 2019).”