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Entrepreneurship: an insomniac discipline? An empirical study on SME owners/directors

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  • Florence Guiliani
  • Olivier Torrès

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The aim of this article is to highlight an area rarely addressed: the sleep patterns of SME owners. We are all aware of the importance of sleep for one's health, but sleep remains an under-investigated subject. The sleep patterns of SME owners/directors and their impact on alertness are therefore worthy of investigation. We draw on three complementary sleep assessment tools: the Pittsburgh sleep quality index, the Epworth sleepiness scale and the fatigue severity scale. We reveal our initial results based on these tools and emphasise the need to go further by comparing these tools to problems rooted in entrepreneurship.

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  • Florence Guiliani & Olivier Torrès, 2018. "Entrepreneurship: an insomniac discipline? An empirical study on SME owners/directors," International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 35(1), pages 81-101.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijesbu:v:35:y:2018:i:1:p:81-101
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    1. Marcus T. Wolfe & Pankaj C. Patel, 0. "I will sleep when I am dead? Sleep and self-employment," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 0, pages 1-17.
    2. Yosr Ben Tahar & Nada Rejeb & Adnane Maalaoui & Sascha Kraus & Paul Westhead & Paul Jones, 2023. "Emotional demands and entrepreneurial burnout: the role of autonomy and job satisfaction," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 61(2), pages 701-716, August.
    3. Marcus T. Wolfe & Pankaj C. Patel, 2020. "I will sleep when I am dead? Sleep and self-employment," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 55(4), pages 901-917, December.
    4. Olivier Torrès & Alexandre Benzari & Christian Fisch & Jinia Mukerjee & Abdelaziz Swalhi & Roy Thurik, 2022. "Risk of burnout in French entrepreneurs during the COVID-19 crisis," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 58(2), pages 717-739, February.

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