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Haddoud, M, Al-Alawi, A, Amjad, S, Aljubari, I and Elbaz, A (2025) Religiosity and resilience in entrepreneurship: uncovering the underlying mechanism through the lens of spiritual capital. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research. ISSN 1355-2554
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Abstract
Drawing on the resilience theory and espousing the spiritual capital approach, the purpose of this study is to assess the indirect effect of religiosity on Omani entrepreneurs’ psychological resilience through the intervening roles of coping with failure, perseverance, locus of control, and optimism. Design and Methodology The study adopts a quantitative design and gathers data from 125 entrepreneurs in Oman, through questionnaires. A structural equation modelling approach is used to test the hypotheses. Findings The study finds that entrepreneurs’ religiosity influences resilience indirectly through coping with failure, perseverance, and locus of control. Surprisingly, optimism played a trivial role in this dynamic. Originality It has been well acknowledged that religiosity provides a pool of resources crucial to entrepreneurs’ survival and success. However, despite this intuitive link, the mechanism whereby religiosity enhances entrepreneurial resilience remains misunderstood. This is problematic as entrepreneurs’ psychological resilience is an important attribute for survival, especially during challenging times. Hence, this study advances the current understanding of the religiosity-resilience nexus by uncovering its underlying mechanism.
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| Additional Information: | This author accepted manuscript is deposited under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC) licence. This means that anyone may distribute, adapt, and build upon the work for non-commercial purposes, subject to full attribution. If you wish to use this manuscript for commercial purposes, please contact permissions@emerald.com |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 1503 Business and Management; Business & Management; 3505 Human resources and industrial relations; 3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion H Social Sciences > HF Commerce > HF5001 Business |
| Divisions: | Liverpool Business School |
| Publisher: | Emerald |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Feb 2025 15:49 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Feb 2025 16:00 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1108/IJEBR-02-2024-0187 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/25691 |
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