What Makes Entrepreneurs Happy? Psychological Flexibility and Entrepreneurs' Satisfaction

Abstract This paper investigates entrepreneurs' satisfaction. We conceptually replicate and extend Carree and Verheul’s (2012) Dutch study on the drivers of entrepreneurs' satisfaction with data from Belgian entrepreneurs. Thus, we respond to the need to replicate more in the (social) sciences, including entrepreneurship studies. The ‘extension’ aspect contributes novel theoretical understanding and empirical explanatory power of entrepreneurs' satisfaction. Specifically, the paper introduces psychological flexibility as an important new predictor of entrepreneurs' satisfaction. Indeed, we provide evidence that entrepreneurs with greater psychological flexibility are, on average, more satisfied.

• Publication year

  2021

• Venue

  Journal of Business Venturing Insights

• Publication date

  2021-11-01

• Fields of study

  Business, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/J.JBVI.2021.E00263
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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