TY - JOUR
T1 - Entrepreneurship addiction
T2 - Shedding light on the manifestation of the “dark side” in work-behavior patterns
AU - Spivack, April J.
AU - McKelvie, Alexander
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Academy of Management Perspectives.
PY - 2018/8
Y1 - 2018/8
N2 - We examine the notion of entrepreneurship addiction, the compulsive engagement in entrepreneurial activities. We address what is unique about this type of behavioral addiction compared to related work-pattern concepts of workaholism, entrepreneurial passion, and work engagement. We identify new and promising areas to expand understanding of what factors lead to entrepreneurship addiction, what entrepreneurship addiction leads to, how to effectively study entrepreneurship addiction, and other applications where entrepreneurship addiction might be relevant to study. These help to set a research agenda that more fully addresses a potential “dark side” psychological factor among some entrepreneurs.
AB - We examine the notion of entrepreneurship addiction, the compulsive engagement in entrepreneurial activities. We address what is unique about this type of behavioral addiction compared to related work-pattern concepts of workaholism, entrepreneurial passion, and work engagement. We identify new and promising areas to expand understanding of what factors lead to entrepreneurship addiction, what entrepreneurship addiction leads to, how to effectively study entrepreneurship addiction, and other applications where entrepreneurship addiction might be relevant to study. These help to set a research agenda that more fully addresses a potential “dark side” psychological factor among some entrepreneurs.
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U2 - 10.5465/amp.2016.0185
DO - 10.5465/amp.2016.0185
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85052103298
SN - 1558-9080
VL - 32
SP - 358
EP - 378
JO - Academy of Management Perspectives
JF - Academy of Management Perspectives
IS - 3
ER -