Rest, Zest, and My Innovative Best: Sleep and Mood as Drivers of Entrepreneurs’ Innovative Behavior
Abstract
This study investigates the antecedents of an entrepreneur’s day-level innovative behavior. Drawing on 2,420 data points from a 10-day experience sampling study with 121 entrepreneurs, we find that sleep quality is a precursor to an entrepreneur’s subsequent innovative behavior, in accordance with the effort-recovery model. Moreover, sleep quality is positively related to high-activation positive moods (e.g., enthusiastic, inspired) and negatively related to high-activation negative moods (e.g., tension, anxiety). Our multilevel structural equation model indicates that high-activation positive moods mediate the relationship between sleep quality and innovative behavior on a given day. These results are relevant for managing entrepreneurial performance.
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Amanda Jasmine Williamson, Martina Battisti, Michael Leatherbee, J. Jeffrey Gish (2018). Rest, Zest, and My Innovative Best: Sleep and Mood as Drivers of Entrepreneurs’ Innovative Behavior. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1177/1042258718798630
@article{jasmine2018rest,
title = {Rest, Zest, and My Innovative Best: Sleep and Mood as Drivers of Entrepreneurs’ Innovative Behavior},
author = {Williamson, Amanda Jasmine and Battisti, Martina and Leatherbee, Michael and Gish, J. Jeffrey},
year = {2018},
journal = {Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice},
doi = {10.1177/1042258718798630}
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