SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Business Administration
No 2010:5:
A position note on well-being and self-employment
Nadav Rotemberg-Shir ()
Abstract: Following the idea that entrance into self-employment is a
phenomenon that can be partially captured by the level of ones aspirations
and well being, the purpose of this position note is to outline the nexus
between well being and entrance into self employment. For that purpose
Wagle's (2008) objective setting of multidimensional poverty is utilized in
defining the concept. A central argument to be made is that the intention
to improve one's well-being through self employment and the option to enter
self-employment, in many situations, cannot be completely separated from
each other. Accordingly, people seek opportunities to improve aspects of
their well-being, rather than business opportunities per se. This will be
demonstrated by a conceptual model of entry into self-employment residing
on the notion of well-being; where well-being is seen to affect and be
affected by entrance into self-employment. The model does not provide a
strategic map of how to enter self employment and how to succeed with that.
Nor, it aims at giving very strong practical implications. Rather, it
guides attention to questions about what in an individual relative level of
well-being that affect entrance into self-employment. This is important
since the entrepreneurship literature has yet to theorize and examine the
triggering effects of well-being on the entire entrepreneurial process.
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Self-employment; Well-being; (follow links to similar papers)
17 pages, August 26, 2010, Revised August 27, 2010
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