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Sardeshmukh, S. R., Goldsby, M., & Smith, R. M. (2021). Are Work Stressors and Emotional Exhaustion Driving Exit Intentions among Business Owners? Journal of Small Business Management, 59, 544-574.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jsbm.12477

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• TITLE: The Double-Edged Sword Effect of Entrepreneurs’ Role Overload on Entrepreneurial Well-Being

  AUTHORS: Yuxuan Chen, Jinzhi Luo

  KEYWORDS: Role Overload, Entrepreneurial Well-Being, Challenge Appraisal, Hindrance Appraisal, Future Orientation, Cognitive Appraisal Theory of Stress

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Business and Management, Vol.14 No.6, November 4, 2026

  ABSTRACT: Drawing on the cognitive appraisal theory of stress, this study develops a model of the double-edged effects of entrepreneurs’ role overload on entrepreneurial well-being. Analysis of two-wave survey data from 205 entrepreneurs indicates that role overload may enhance entrepreneurial well-being through challenge appraisal or reduce it through hindrance appraisal. Furthermore, entrepreneurs with higher future orientation are more inclined to appraise role overload as a challenge rather than a hindrance, thereby enhancing entrepreneurial well-being. These findings deepen understanding of entrepreneurs’ role overload from a dialectical perspective and offer theoretical insights and practical implications for enhancing entrepreneurial well-being.