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Personal happiness and employment growth in new technology-based firms

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  • Arndt Lautenschläger

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This paper empirically analyses the relationship between personal happiness and employment growth in new technology-based firms. Hereby, personal happiness is measured by the founder's satisfaction with his/her life, work, financial situation, and leisure time. A unique dataset is used consisting of 441 entrepreneurs in several fields of high-technology as well as technology-based services. It is found that in an early firm stage performance and individual satisfaction go hand in hand with a few exceptions. In the long run, there is identified a strong correlation between employment growth and the founder's satisfaction with his/her financial situation. Further, a negative correlation between high employment growth and the founder's satisfaction with his/her life is observable. Several implications are presented.

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  • Arndt Lautenschläger, 2011. "Personal happiness and employment growth in new technology-based firms," International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 3(4), pages 359-374.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijeven:v:3:y:2011:i:4:p:359-374
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