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The truth about bricolage, dispositional optimism, and psychological wellbeing in entrepreneurship: evidence from a systematic review

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  • Farah Al Saeed
  • Abdulrahman Alaskar
  • Samuel Ebie

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While entrepreneurship offers personal fulfilment, autonomy and financial growth, it also poses significant psychological wellbeing challenges. Despite growing interest in this area, existing literature lacks an integrated analysis of how entrepreneurial bricolage and dispositional optimism jointly influence entrepreneurs' psychological wellbeing. This study employed Paul and Criado's (2020) systematic literature review protocol, drawing on articles from Journal Storage (JSTOR) and Scopus to develop an integrated research model. A review of 11 relevant studies revealed that entrepreneurial bricolage enables entrepreneurs to optimise limited resources, fostering job satisfaction and positive affect. Dispositional optimism enhances coping abilities, contributing to positive affect, job satisfaction and life satisfaction. By bringing together these underexplored yet impactful constructs, this study proposes an exploratory integrated research model that represents an initial step toward linking the behavioural (bricolage) and cognitive-affective (optimism) dimensions of entrepreneurial practice within a holistic framework.

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  • Farah Al Saeed & Abdulrahman Alaskar & Samuel Ebie, 2025. "The truth about bricolage, dispositional optimism, and psychological wellbeing in entrepreneurship: evidence from a systematic review," World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 21(5), pages 20-44.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:wremsd:v:21:y:2025:i:5:p:20-44
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