Relationships among workaholism, personality, obsessive beliefs, and entrepreneurial motivation

IntroductionRecent studies focusing mainly on entrepreneurial motivation have identified several variables (family security, motivation, and entrepreneurial intentions) as predictors of employee creativity. This research aims to provide insights into the underlying factors that shape entrepreneurial...

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Main Authors: Rojin Ghasemijalal, María José Serrano-Fernández, Maria Boada-Cuerva, Beatriz Sora, Jordi Assens-Serra, Joan Boada-Grau
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Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-12-01
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Beatriz Sora
Jordi Assens-Serra
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description IntroductionRecent studies focusing mainly on entrepreneurial motivation have identified several variables (family security, motivation, and entrepreneurial intentions) as predictors of employee creativity. This research aims to provide insights into the underlying factors that shape entrepreneurial motivation, which can be used to develop effective strategies to support and foster entrepreneurship. In this study, we examine the relationship between workaholism, personality, obsessive beliefs and entrepreneurial motivation.MethodsThe study sample was comprised of 1,106 Spanish workers (48.51% men and 51.49% women) obtained through non-probability sampling.ResultsOur results showed that entrepreneurship motivation is related to personality traits. Positive relationships have been found with the variable perfectionism and intolerance of uncertainty, conscientiousness, work enjoyment, and agreeableness. Perfectionism and intolerance of uncertainty are the variables most strongly related to entrepreneurial motivation.DiscussionOur study contributes to the body of literature that examines the relationships between workaholism, personality, obsessive beliefs, and entrepreneurial motivation. The practical implications suggest that entrepreneurship support programs could benefit from considering not only entrepreneurial orientation but also other variables such as perfectionism and work enjoyment.
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spelling doaj-art-7ee0780a5b064cdba28babafcfd3603a2024-12-24T06:36:49ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782024-12-011510.3389/fpsyg.2024.15035801503580Relationships among workaholism, personality, obsessive beliefs, and entrepreneurial motivationRojin Ghasemijalal0María José Serrano-Fernández1Maria Boada-Cuerva2Beatriz Sora3Jordi Assens-Serra4Joan Boada-Grau5Department os Psychology, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Tarragona, SpainDepartment os Psychology, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Tarragona, SpainDepartment os Psychology, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Tarragona, SpainDepartment os Psychology, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Tarragona, SpainDepartment of Strategy, Leadership and People, EADA Business School, Barcelona, SpainDepartment os Psychology, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Tarragona, SpainIntroductionRecent studies focusing mainly on entrepreneurial motivation have identified several variables (family security, motivation, and entrepreneurial intentions) as predictors of employee creativity. This research aims to provide insights into the underlying factors that shape entrepreneurial motivation, which can be used to develop effective strategies to support and foster entrepreneurship. In this study, we examine the relationship between workaholism, personality, obsessive beliefs and entrepreneurial motivation.MethodsThe study sample was comprised of 1,106 Spanish workers (48.51% men and 51.49% women) obtained through non-probability sampling.ResultsOur results showed that entrepreneurship motivation is related to personality traits. Positive relationships have been found with the variable perfectionism and intolerance of uncertainty, conscientiousness, work enjoyment, and agreeableness. Perfectionism and intolerance of uncertainty are the variables most strongly related to entrepreneurial motivation.DiscussionOur study contributes to the body of literature that examines the relationships between workaholism, personality, obsessive beliefs, and entrepreneurial motivation. The practical implications suggest that entrepreneurship support programs could benefit from considering not only entrepreneurial orientation but also other variables such as perfectionism and work enjoyment.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1503580/fullworkaholismobsessive beliefsfamily securityentrepreneurial motivationperfectionism
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Relationships among workaholism, personality, obsessive beliefs, and entrepreneurial motivation
Frontiers in Psychology
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family security
entrepreneurial motivation
perfectionism
title Relationships among workaholism, personality, obsessive beliefs, and entrepreneurial motivation
title_full Relationships among workaholism, personality, obsessive beliefs, and entrepreneurial motivation
title_fullStr Relationships among workaholism, personality, obsessive beliefs, and entrepreneurial motivation
title_full_unstemmed Relationships among workaholism, personality, obsessive beliefs, and entrepreneurial motivation
title_short Relationships among workaholism, personality, obsessive beliefs, and entrepreneurial motivation
title_sort relationships among workaholism personality obsessive beliefs and entrepreneurial motivation
topic workaholism
obsessive beliefs
family security
entrepreneurial motivation
perfectionism
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