Covid or not Covid? Psychological Distress and Entrepreneurial Intentions among Canadian Workers during the Pandemic
(2022) International Review of Entrepreneurship — Vol. 20, n° 1, p. 27-44 (2022)
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- Triggering events can be associated with entrepreneurial intentions. Using data from a survey on the mental health of Canadian workers carried out in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, we specifically test the association between entrepreneurial intentions and psychological distress, along with other individual demographic and personal-level measurements such as risk-aversion, and financial concern. Our results substantiate a positive relationship between entrepreneurial intention and individual psychological distress, as well as financial deterioration measured at the household level. Taken as a whole, our contribution helps to feed a discussion on the links between mental health and entrepreneurship in a process of personal resilience and, more generally, on well-being as a motivational factor in the entrepreneurial process.
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Coulombe, S., Dejardin, M., & Luc, S. (2022). Covid or not Covid? Psychological Distress and Entrepreneurial Intentions among Canadian Workers during the Pandemic. International Review of Entrepreneurship, 20(1), 27-44. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/102676 (Original work published 2022)