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Retail entrepreneurs’ exit intentions: Influence and mediations of personality and job-related factors

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  • Lindblom, Arto
  • Lindblom, Taru
  • Wechtler, Heidi

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In this study we investigate retail entrepreneurs' exit intentions by focusing on their job satisfaction, job-related stress, customer orientation, and dispositional optimism. We develop and test four hypotheses with structural equation modelling on a sample of 365 retail entrepreneurs. Our results indicate that dispositional optimism is a substantial driver of retail entrepreneurs’ customer orientation and job satisfaction. Dispositional optimism also decreases their job-related stress. We also find that both customer orientation and job-related stress mediate the relationship between dispositional optimism and job satisfaction prior to exit intentions. Finally, we found that job satisfaction has a mediating effect on the relationship between job-related stress and exit intentions.

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  • Lindblom, Arto & Lindblom, Taru & Wechtler, Heidi, 2020. "Retail entrepreneurs’ exit intentions: Influence and mediations of personality and job-related factors," Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Elsevier, vol. 54(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:joreco:v:54:y:2020:i:c:s0969698919310501
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jretconser.2020.102055
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