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Working Paper: How Neurotransmitters Buffer Stress Effects: Evidence from the Neurological Manipulation of Nascent Entrepreneurs

Type
journal article
Date Issued
2023
Author(s)
Schreiber, Robert  
Grichnik, Dietmar  
Vincent, Karl Joakim Jerry  
Tobler, Philippe
Gvozdanovic, Geraldine
Abstract
Research has so far failed to explain why entrepreneurs bear a high level of stress but do not withdraw from the pursuit of opportunity. We conducted a pharmaceutical study including 120 nascent entrepreneurs and control participants. We theorize that higher levels of dopamine and noradrenaline compensate for the otherwise negative effects of the stress hormone, cortisol, on optimism and the propensity for risk, which are the key factors in the pursuit of opportunity. Our findings support the idea that entrepreneurs develop differences in neurotransmitter receptors by showing that increased dopaminergic and noradrenergic activity compensates for the negative effects of stress.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area
Global Center for Entrepreneurship + Innovation
Refereed
No
URL
https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/107932
Subject(s)

business studies

Division(s)

ITEM - Institute of T...

Contact Email Address
robert.schreiber@unisg.ch
Eprints ID
268991
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