Abel, Moritz Johannes (2022) The role of threat appraisal on coping in entrepreneurs: A transactional theory approach. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
According to the transactional theory of stress and coping, individuals appraise information from their environment and adapt coping strategies to reduce possible distress. When appraising an adverse work event as threatening nascent entrepreneurs are found to use more avoidance coping whereas entrepreneurs overall seem to take a certain motivation out of threats and adapt more approach coping. In the current research, we hypothesized that with increasing firm age entrepreneurs have higher stakes in and are more attached to their firm, so they would use more approach and less avoidance coping in face of a higher threat compared to entrepreneurs who just started out. We gathered data from 129 entrepreneurs using an online questionnaire about adverse work events, appraisal and coping responses and conducted a moderation analysis. Results show that higher threat appraisal is associated with more coping, but firm age did not moderate the relationship between threat appraisal and coping strategies. The results provide evidence for the transactional theory in the entrepreneurial context and back the question of what accounts for increased approach coping in entrepreneurs in face of high threat. Possible reasons for failing to find the moderation and directions for future research are discussed.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Kleine, A.K. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Work, Organizational and Personnel Psychology (WOP) [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Feb 2022 11:37 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Jun 2022 12:29 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/167 |
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