@article{Stephan_U-2022_86287,
title = {Act or wait-and-see? Adversity, agility, and entrepreneur wellbeing across countries during the Covid-19 pandemic},
author = {Stephan, U. and Zbierowski, P. and Pérez-Luño, A. and Wach, D. and Wiklund, J. and Cabañas, M. and Barki, E. and Benzari, A. and Bernhard-Oettel, C. and Boekhorst, J. and Dash, A. and Efendic, A. and Eib, C. and Hanard, P. and Iakovleva, T. and Kawakatsu, S. and Khalid, S. and Leatherbee, M. and Li, J. and Parker, S. and Qu, J. and Rosati, F. and Sahasranamam, S. and Salusse, M. and Sekiguchi, T. and Thomas, N. and Torrès, O. and Tran, M. and Ward, M. and Williamson, A. and Zahid, M.},
month = {jun},
year = {2022},
abstract = {How 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 3,162 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.},
pages = {682-723},
volume = {47},
issue = {3},
journal = {Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice},
publisher = {SAGE Publications},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/10422587221104820},
}
