Abstract Although entrepreneurs are said to have extremely stressful work, how they may be able to maintain their well-being in light of this is only poorly understood. Newly integrating the challenge-hindrance stressor framework with the stressor-detachment model of recovery from work stress, we investigate how specific challenge and hindrance stressors—cognitive and emotional demands—impact entrepreneurs' well-being by influencing their ability to detach and recover from work stress. Our diary study yielded 386 day-pair data points from 55 entrepreneurs. Challenge and hindrance stressors inhibited psychological detachment from work in the evening through increasing problem-solving pondering and work-related affective rumination, which diminished entrepreneurs' well-being the next morning. These effects are robust to alternative explanations (e.g., objectively measured sleep efficiency) and differ from relationships observed across entrepreneurs. Our findings elucidate the nature of stressors and the micro-foundational mechanisms of stress and recovery.

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企业家的压力源和幸福感：康复视角和日记研究

摘要 尽管据说企业家的工作压力很大，但人们对他们如何能够在这种情况下保持幸福感知之甚少。新地将挑战-阻碍压力源框架与从工作压力中恢复的压力源-脱离模型相结合，我们研究了具体的挑战和阻碍压力源——认知和情感需求——如何通过影响企业家从工作中脱离和恢复的能力来影响他们的幸福感压力。我们的日记研究产生了来自 55 位企业家的 386 天对数据点。挑战和阻碍压力源通过增加解决问题的思考和与工作相关的情感沉思来抑制晚上工作的心理疏离，这会降低企业家第二天早上的幸福感。这些影响对于其他解释（例如，客观测量的睡眠效率）是稳健的，并且不同于在企业家之间观察到的关系。我们的研究结果阐明了压力源的性质以及压力和恢复的微观基础机制。