Correlates of Entrepreneurial Personality Traits, Strategic Competencies, Psychosocial Support and Mental health of Entrepreneurs: A Theoretical Conceptualization and Research Direction
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Date
2020
Authors
Mwasiaji, Evans
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IJMSSSR
Abstract
Entrepreneurship has propagated because of its usefulness in economic development and the connected commercialization of innovations that improves the standards of living. A proportion of the global population is therefore in the process of either starting or running a business without an understanding of its implications to mental health. Studies have therefore carried out to establish a link between entrepreneurship and psychological wellbeing of entrepreneurs so as to come up with programs germane to addressing risk factors and ameliorated dysfunction through treatment. However, current literature on sustainable entrepreneurship has pursued discussions on the construct of entrepreneurial personality traits separately from that of strategic competencies and psychosocial support, in spite of the inferred indications that the three can be assimilated in an integrated model to register an impact on the mental health of an entrepreneur. The purpose of this study then is to provide a review of pertinent literature on the perspectives associated with the psychological wellbeing of entrepreneurs as they passionately and creatively pursue business ideas from concept to actualization as per the needs in the market. This study has established that rivulets of research on entrepreneurship and the mental health of entrepreneurs have returned conflicting results. The study has identified emerging data gaps and came up with critical propositions for purposes of progressing knowledge and forming a basis for future studies on sustainable entrepreneurship that takes into account national and global economize as well as the emotional and relational wellbeing of the entrepreneurs
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Entrepreneurial personality traits, Psychosocial work stressors, Strategic Competencies, Mental Health, Sustainable Entrepreneurship
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Mwasiaji, E. CORRELATES OF ENTREPRENEURIAL PERSONALITY TRAITS, STRATEGIC COMPETENCIES, PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORTAND MENTALHEALTH OF ENTREPRENEURS: A THEORETICAL CONCEPTUALIZATION AND RESEARCH DIRECTION.