Tired in the early stages? Exhaustion, insomnia and entrepreneurial stressors of entrepreneurs
(2024) ENTN19 20241Department of Business Administration
- Abstract
- When starting and running a new business, entrepreneurs often face stressors and sleep
turbulence such as insomnia that disrupt their daily activities. These challenges frequently result
in increased exhaustion, which negatively affects cognitive functioning and entrepreneurial
performance. Drawing on existing research, I introduce a conceptual framework to gain valuable
understanding into the interconnectedness of insomnia, stressors, and perceived exhaustion in the
entrepreneurial context. Adopting a positivist and quantitative cross-sectional approach, the
research utilises an online survey to gather data from 61 early-stage entrepreneurs in Sweden and
Germany. The findings reveal a significant positive correlation between... (More) - When starting and running a new business, entrepreneurs often face stressors and sleep
turbulence such as insomnia that disrupt their daily activities. These challenges frequently result
in increased exhaustion, which negatively affects cognitive functioning and entrepreneurial
performance. Drawing on existing research, I introduce a conceptual framework to gain valuable
understanding into the interconnectedness of insomnia, stressors, and perceived exhaustion in the
entrepreneurial context. Adopting a positivist and quantitative cross-sectional approach, the
research utilises an online survey to gather data from 61 early-stage entrepreneurs in Sweden and
Germany. The findings reveal a significant positive correlation between insomnia and
entrepreneurial exhaustion, indicating that early-stage entrepreneurs experiencing higher levels
of insomnia also report greater exhaustion. Additionally, entrepreneurial stressors are
significantly linked to increased levels of perceived entrepreneurial exhaustion. Contrary to
expectations, insomnia does not contribute to the perception of entrepreneurial stressors, and
hence, stressors do not mediate the relationship between insomnia and exhaustion. It can be said
that both insomnia and entrepreneurial stressors independently increase entrepreneurial
exhaustion. These results highlight the need for targeted interventions to address entrepreneurial
exhaustion by managing stressors and insomnia among early-stage entrepreneurs. This research
contributes to the growing literature on entrepreneurial well-being and performance, offering
actionable insights for policymakers and practitioners dedicated to fostering a healthy and
sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystem. (Less)
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- author
- Munz, Constantin LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- ENTN19 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- entrepreneurial exhaustion, insomnia, entrepreneurial stressors, early-stage entrepreneurship
- language
- English
- id
- 9168711
- date added to LUP
- 2024-08-20 08:59:15
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- 2024-08-20 08:59:15
@misc{9168711, abstract = {{When starting and running a new business, entrepreneurs often face stressors and sleep turbulence such as insomnia that disrupt their daily activities. These challenges frequently result in increased exhaustion, which negatively affects cognitive functioning and entrepreneurial performance. Drawing on existing research, I introduce a conceptual framework to gain valuable understanding into the interconnectedness of insomnia, stressors, and perceived exhaustion in the entrepreneurial context. Adopting a positivist and quantitative cross-sectional approach, the research utilises an online survey to gather data from 61 early-stage entrepreneurs in Sweden and Germany. The findings reveal a significant positive correlation between insomnia and entrepreneurial exhaustion, indicating that early-stage entrepreneurs experiencing higher levels of insomnia also report greater exhaustion. Additionally, entrepreneurial stressors are significantly linked to increased levels of perceived entrepreneurial exhaustion. Contrary to expectations, insomnia does not contribute to the perception of entrepreneurial stressors, and hence, stressors do not mediate the relationship between insomnia and exhaustion. It can be said that both insomnia and entrepreneurial stressors independently increase entrepreneurial exhaustion. These results highlight the need for targeted interventions to address entrepreneurial exhaustion by managing stressors and insomnia among early-stage entrepreneurs. This research contributes to the growing literature on entrepreneurial well-being and performance, offering actionable insights for policymakers and practitioners dedicated to fostering a healthy and sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystem.}}, author = {{Munz, Constantin}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Tired in the early stages? Exhaustion, insomnia and entrepreneurial stressors of entrepreneurs}}, year = {{2024}}, }