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Thierry Volery
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Prof. Dr.
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Volery
First name
Thierry
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thierry.volery@unisg.ch
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+41 71 224 7138
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PublicationHealthy Entrepreneurs for Healthy Businesses : An Exploratory Study of the Perception of Health and Well-Being by EntrepreneursWith this paper, we want to emphasise the importance of healthy entrepreneurs for sustainable business development. We contribute to the field of entrepreneurship and show how entrepreneurs assess their own health state. We contribute to the field of occupational health by explicitly focusing the social dimension of health besides the physical and mental well-being. Drawing on a multiple-case study of six entrepreneurs, we show that entrepreneurs' rarely perceive their health as a resource for business performance. Whereas the concept of physical well-being is relatively well understood by the entrepreneurs, they have a very limited awareness and understanding of the mental and social well-being dimensions.Type: journal articleJournal: New Zealand Journal of Employment RelationsVolume: 35Issue: 1
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PublicationEntrepreneurs' Perception of Social Support and Health : Does Business Size Matter?In this paper, we assess whether job characteristics, such as business size, autonomy, work load and business networks influence entrepreneurs' perception of social support and health. Data is obtained from the seventh wave of the Household, Income, and Labour Dynamics Panel of Australia (HILDA). The panel comprises a subsample of 805 self-employed running their own business with employees. We use structural equation modeling to test our hypotheses. First results reveal that the entrepreneurs comprised in our sample are highly satisfied with there jobs. We can show that perceived social support is positively related to entrepreneurs' life and job satisfaction and that it explains some of the variance in their individual health state. We can distinguish between private social support and business social support. Perceived private social support moderates the relationship between business size and entrepreneurs' health and buffers a lack of social support in the business context. Given the fact that entrepreneurship promotion programs mostly focus on business planning and financial sourcing, we strongly recommend to strengthen entrepreneurial networks that provide business related social support. Entrepreneurs specifically benefit from close and trustful relationships with experienced entrepreneurs providing business advice, appreciation, and feedback. In addition, we think that health education and building awareness for recreational aspects should be part of entrepreneurship education, especially for practitioners but also for undergraduates and graduate students.Type: conference paperVolume: Vol. 31
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PublicationHealthy entrepreneurs for healthy businesses( 2009-09-02)Pullich, JanineType: conference paper
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