Does persistence make you healthy? An empirical study on female entrepreneurs from China.
BMC Womens Health
; 21(1): 327, 2021 09 08.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1430415
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Nowadays, more and more women are engaging in entrepreneurial activities. Meanwhile, female entrepreneurs' health problems have been increasingly reported worldwide. What factors would influence female entrepreneurs' health are the subject of this paper.METHODS:
This paper focuses on the effects of entrepreneurial experience and age of firm on female entrepreneurs' health through the analysis of 2 years of tracking data in the Bohai Economic Rim, which is one of the most developed areas for entrepreneurial activities in China.RESULTS:
Results from the samples of female entrepreneurs demonstrate that increasing entrepreneurial experience and growing firm age could help female entrepreneurs to activate multiple positive identities. These identities can help female entrepreneurs cope with gender stereotype threat and maintain good health.CONCLUSION:
This paper contributes to entrepreneur health research in two aspects. First, this study focused on entrepreneurial history indexed by entrepreneurial experience and firm age, enriching the field of female entrepreneurship. Second, this study further explored the mechanism that women cope with stereotype threat in the context of entrepreneurship. At the same time, this paper addresses ways that policy-makers and social media are responsible to help female entrepreneurs stay healthy.Keywords
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Adaptation, Psychological
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Entrepreneurship
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
BMC Womens Health
Journal subject:
Women's Health
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S12905-021-01471-6
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