Purpose

This paper aims to assess what happens to a willingness to take entrepreneurial action when people experience low or high subjective well-being (SWB) in 12 emerging economies.

Design/methodology/approach

The research uses principal component analysis (PCA) and logistic regressions with a data sample from the global entrepreneurship monitor (GEM) for emerging economies.

Findings

The main results suggest that SWB, measured as satisfaction with life (SWL) and job satisfaction (JOBS), increases the probability of a person becoming an entrepreneur.

Social implications

The findings of this research suggest that designing and implementing public policies that seek to promote the well-being of individuals might foster their entrepreneurial activities in emerging economies.

Originality/value

The literature on entrepreneurship, which assesses its relationship with SWB is still scarce. Most of the academic work has been carried out for developed countries, mainly analysing how entrepreneurial activity affects SWB in self-employees or entrepreneurs. This manuscript analyses these elements in the opposite direction, contributing to an underdeveloped discussion on how well-being affects the decision to be an entrepreneur.

中文翻译：

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理解新兴经济体背景下幸福感对创业的影响

目的

本文旨在评估当人们在 12 个新兴经济体中主观幸福感 (SWB) 低或高时，采取创业行动的意愿会发生什么变化。

设计/方法/方法

该研究使用主成分分析 (PCA) 和逻辑回归以及来自新兴经济体的全球创业监测 (GEM) 的数据样本。

发现

主要结果表明，以生活满意度 (SWL) 和工作满意度 (JOBS) 衡量的 SWB 增加了一个人成为企业家的可能性。

社会影响

这项研究的结果表明，设计和实施旨在促进个人福祉的公共政策可能会促进他们在新兴经济体的创业活动。

原创性/价值

评估其与 SWB 关系的关于创业的文献仍然很少。大多数学术工作是针对发达国家进行的，主要分析创业活动如何影响个体经营者或企业家的主观幸福感。这份手稿从相反的方向分析了这些元素，有助于就幸福感如何影响成为企业家的决定进行不充分的讨论。