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Perceived Pain or Gain: Role Identity, Gratification, and the Well-Being of Hybrid Entrepreneurs

Nadine Albrecht¹; Pauline Charlotte Reinecke²; Matthias Baum¹; Rodrigo Isidor¹; Monique Ingrid Boddington³

¹ University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany · ² Leuphana University of Lüneburg, School of Management and Technology, Lüneburg, NDS, Germany · ³ University of Cambridge, Cambridge Judge Business School, England, UK

Hybrid entrepreneurship—pursuing a venture while maintaining paid employment—can enhance or undermine well-being. Based on a longitudinal, qualitative study, we identify two distinct trajectories shaped by envisioned future selves: delayed entrepreneurial gratification with cumulative strains on well-being, and present gratification with supportive effects on well-being. Drawing on role identity theory, we theorize how role internalization and identity centrality relate to the well-being experiences of hybrid entrepreneurs and introduce gratification and rationalization as ways to handle strains on well-being. Our findings offer a deeper understanding of the divergent well-being experiences in hybrid entrepreneurship.

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10.1177/10422587261419463

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