This article builds on the stressor-strain-outcome framework to explain how entrepreneurial stressors (stressor) and emotional exhaustion (strain) hinder the growth intentions of women entrepreneurs (outcome). A stress-buffering hypothesis is also used to explain how peer support can buffer the entrepreneurial stressor – emotional exhaustion – growth intention relationship. Using a sample of 300 South African women entrepreneurs, our evidence demonstrates that in addition to a significant direct effect on growth intentions, entrepreneurial stressors also contribute to an increase in emotional exhaustion. This, in turn, hinders the growth intentions of women entrepreneurs. We argue that peer support plays a vital buffering role by significantly reducing the effect of entrepreneurial stressors on emotional exhaustion, shielding women entrepreneurs from the adverse effects of entrepreneurial stressors upon venture growth intentions. Finally, implications for theory and practice are discussed.

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为什么同行支持很重要：创业压力源、情绪衰竭和女企业家的成长意图

本文建立在压力源-压力-结果框架的基础上，解释创业压力源（压力源）和情绪衰竭（压力）如何阻碍女企业家的成长意图（结果）。压力缓冲假说也被用来解释同伴支持如何缓冲创业压力源——情绪衰竭——成长意向关系。使用 300 名南非女企业家的样本，我们的证据表明，除了对增长意图有显着的直接影响外，企业家压力源也会导致情绪衰竭的增加。这反过来又阻碍了女企业家的成长意图。我们认为，同伴支持通过显着降低创业压力源对情绪衰竭的影响，起到重要的缓冲作用，保护女性企业家免受创业压力源对企业发展意愿的不利影响。最后，讨论了对理论和实践的影响。