Dispositional optimism, entrepreneurial success and exit intentions: The mediating effects of life satisfaction

Autor:	Arto Lindblom, Taru Lindblom, Heidi Wechtler
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Marketing Entrepreneurship media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Dispositional optimism Life satisfaction Then test 0502 economics and business Personality 050211 marketing Psychology Social psychology 050203 business & management media_common
Zdroj:	Journal of Business Research. 120:230-240
ISSN:	0148-2963
DOI:	10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.08.012
Popis:	This study focuses on how life satisfaction mediates the links from dispositional optimism to entrepreneurial success and exit intentions. The theoretical basis of this study is a hierarchical approach to personality, and its primary contribution is to the research on psychological entrepreneurship. To analyze potential links among these constructs we develop five hypotheses and then test them on small and medium-sized entrepreneurs. Hypotheses are tested by using consistent bootstrapped PLS-SEM estimations. Our results indicate that dispositional optimism is associated with entrepreneurial success. Our study also reveals that life satisfaction mediates the relationship between dispositional optimism and entrepreneurial success in addition to the relationship between dispositional optimism and exit intentions. Our study demonstrates that entrepreneurial success is related to exit intentions. We conclude by discussing the implications for researchers and practitioners.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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