Act or Wait-and-See? Adversity, Agility, and Entrepreneur Wellbeing across Countries during the COVID-19 Pandemic

dc.contributor.authorStephan, Ute
dc.contributor.authorZbierowski, Przemyslaw
dc.contributor.authorPerez-Luno, Ana
dc.contributor.authorWach, Dominika
dc.contributor.authorWiklund, Johan
dc.contributor.authorCabanas, Marisleidy Alba
dc.contributor.authorBarki, Edgard
dc.contributor.authorBenzari, Alexandre
dc.contributor.authorBernhard-Oettel, Claudia
dc.contributor.authorBoekhorst, Janet A.
dc.contributor.authorDash, Arobindu
dc.contributor.authorEfendic, Adnan
dc.contributor.authorEib, Constanze
dc.contributor.authorHanard, Pierre-Jean
dc.contributor.authorIakovleva, Tatiana
dc.contributor.authorKawakatsu, Satoshi
dc.contributor.authorKhalid, Saddam
dc.contributor.authorLeatherbee, Michael
dc.contributor.authorLi, Jun
dc.contributor.authorParker, Sharon K.
dc.contributor.authorQu, Jingjing
dc.contributor.authorRosati, Francesco
dc.contributor.authorSahasranamam, Sreevas
dc.contributor.authorSalusse, Marcus A. Y.
dc.contributor.authorSekiguchi, Tomoki
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Nicola
dc.contributor.authorTorres, Olivier
dc.contributor.authorMi Hoang Tran
dc.contributor.authorWard, M. K.
dc.contributor.authorWilliamson, Amanda Jasmine
dc.contributor.authorZahid, Muhammad Mohsin
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T20:21:35Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T20:21:35Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractHow can entrepreneurs protect their wellbeing during a crisis? Does engaging agility (namely, opportunity agility and planning agility) in response to adversity help entrepreneurs safeguard their wellbeing? Activated by adversity, agility may function as a specific resilience mechanism enabling positive adaption to crisis. We studied 3162 entrepreneurs from 20 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic and found that more severe national lockdowns enhanced firm-level adversity for entrepreneurs and diminished their wellbeing. Moreover, entrepreneurs who combined opportunity agility with planning agility experienced higher wellbeing but planning agility alone lowered wellbeing. Entrepreneur agility offers a new agentic perspective to research on entrepreneur wellbeing.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/10422587221104820
dc.identifier.eissn1540-6520
dc.identifier.issn1042-2587
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/10422587221104820
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/92635
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000811511000001
dc.issue.numero3
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final723
dc.pagina.inicio682
dc.revistaEntrepreneurship theory and practice
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectentrepreneurship
dc.subjectwellbeing
dc.subjectagility
dc.subjectcrisis
dc.subjectlife satisfaction
dc.subjectsubjective vitality
dc.subjectstress
dc.subjectCOVID-19 pandemic
dc.subjectadversity
dc.subjectresilience
dc.subject.ods01 No Poverty
dc.subject.ods05 Gender Equality
dc.subject.ods09 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
dc.subject.odspa01 Fin de la pobreza
dc.subject.odspa05 Igualdad de género
dc.subject.odspa09 Industria, innovación e infraestructura
dc.titleAct or Wait-and-See? Adversity, Agility, and Entrepreneur Wellbeing across Countries during the COVID-19 Pandemic
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen47
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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