cam a22 4500 530097095 20200912030122.0 cr unu---uuuuu 181026e201907 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2018.10.003 doi (ALEXREPO)oai:www.alexandria.unisg.ch:255521 Can prosocial motivation harm entrepreneurs' subjective wellbeing? [Elektronische Daten] [Ewald Kibler, Joakim Wincent, Teemu Kautonen, Gabriella Cacciotti, Martin Obschonka] Entrepreneurship research on prosocial motivation has outlined its positive impact on well-being, but still little is known about its power, which may have deleterious personal consequences under certain conditions. In this study, we ask whether prosocial motivation can harm entrepreneurs' subjective well-being when they run a commercial venture. Embedded within a contingency perspective informed by self-determination theory, we build on longitudinal survey data to explain the effect of prosocial motivation on entrepreneurs' overall life satisfaction. Our Analysis demonstrates that prosocial motivation has a negative effect on entrepreneurs' life satisfaction due to increased levels of stress. However, our findings show that the negative effect of prosocial motivation dissipates when perceived autonomy at work is high compared to when it is low. Overall, our research raises questions on the role of prosocial motivation for entrepreneurs' subjective well-being and, in particular, discusses its potential "dark side” in the context of commercial entrepreneurship. business studies alexrepo Kibler Ewald joint author Wincent Joakim joint author Kautonen Teemu joint author Cacciotti Gabriella joint author Obschonka Martin joint author https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/255521/1/__SV-MONK_UNISG-Rfolder%24_JVincent_Desktop_Henrik_Can%20prosocial%20motivation%20harm%20entrepreneurs%27%20subjective%20wellbeing.pdf text/html WWW-Backlink auf das Repository BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 1 Journal paper alexrepo PeerReviewed alexrepo peerstatus ALEXREPO ALEXREPO ALEXREPO Journal paper ALEXREPO 856 40 https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/255521/1/__SV-MONK_UNISG-Rfolder%24_JVincent_Desktop_Henrik_Can%20prosocial%20motivation%20harm%20entrepreneurs%27%20subjective%20wellbeing.pdf text/html WWW-Backlink auf das Repository ALEXREPO 700 1- Kibler Ewald joint author ALEXREPO 700 1- Wincent Joakim joint author ALEXREPO 700 1- Kautonen Teemu joint author ALEXREPO 700 1- Cacciotti Gabriella joint author ALEXREPO 700 1- Obschonka Martin joint author ALEXREPO 773 0-