TY - JOUR
T1 - Measuring addiction to entrepreneurship
AU - Spivack, April J.
AU - McKelvie, Alexander
PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - We develop and validate a measure of entrepreneurship addiction. Inspired by earlier research on entrepreneurship addiction, we develop multi-item scales to measure six underlying criteria (i.e., obsessive thoughts, withdrawal/engagement, self-worth, tolerance, neglect, and negative outcomes). Via three studies, we refine the measure and investigate its dimensional structure. We also provide estimates of prevalence and identify some antecedents of entrepreneurship addiction. The validated measure helps illuminate entrepreneurship addiction’s role in some “dark side” implications of entrepreneurship.
AB - We develop and validate a measure of entrepreneurship addiction. Inspired by earlier research on entrepreneurship addiction, we develop multi-item scales to measure six underlying criteria (i.e., obsessive thoughts, withdrawal/engagement, self-worth, tolerance, neglect, and negative outcomes). Via three studies, we refine the measure and investigate its dimensional structure. We also provide estimates of prevalence and identify some antecedents of entrepreneurship addiction. The validated measure helps illuminate entrepreneurship addiction’s role in some “dark side” implications of entrepreneurship.
KW - 512 Business and Management
KW - Addiction
KW - Scale
KW - Entrepreneurship
KW - Measure validation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85097465643&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/77ee959d-182c-3408-9451-68c8a146df3a/
U2 - 10.1016/j.jbvi.2020.e00212
DO - 10.1016/j.jbvi.2020.e00212
M3 - Article
SN - 2352-6734
VL - 15
JO - Journal of Business Venturing Insights
JF - Journal of Business Venturing Insights
M1 - e00212
ER -