Integrating Psychological Resilience, Stress, and Coping in Entrepreneurship: A Critical Review and Research Agenda. (May 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ahmed, Ali E.; Ucbasaran, Deniz; Cacciotti, Gabriella; Williams, Trenton A.
• Other Names: Chrisman James J. guest-editor.; Neubaum Donald O. guest-editor.; Welter Friederike guest-editor.; Wennberg Karl guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Entrepreneurship theory and practice. Volume 46:Number 3(2022)
• Page Start: 497
• Page End: 538
• Publication Date: 2022-05
• Subjects: resilience -- coping -- stress -- entrepreneurship; Small business -- Periodicals; New business enterprises -- Periodicals; Entrepreneurship -- Periodicals; 658.421
• DOI: 10.1177/10422587211046542
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1042-2587

Abstract

Despite the increasing interest in studying the concept of resilience in entrepreneurship, existing research often fails to account for stressors that induce entrepreneurs' need for resilience and coping efforts. By arguing the need to study stress, resilience, and coping together to understand how entrepreneurs build resilience in the face of adversities, we systematically review the entrepreneurship scholarship (125 articles) on these three concepts. By critically appraising these three literatures in light of current thinking in psychology, we then develop a model of the process of building psychological resilience in entrepreneurship and offer a clear pathway for future research.