Marjan J. Gorgievski

• Ph.D.
• Professor (Associate) at Erasmus University Rotterdam

This article provides a narrative review of psychology of entrepreneurship research published in leading psychology journals, based on which we develop an organising framework for future psychological contributions to this field. Furthermore, we introduce the manuscripts collected in this special issue. Our review identified five research areas, br...

This two-wave longitudinal study among 121 entrepreneurs in The Netherlands investigated bi-directional relationships between entrepreneurs’ well-being and performance. Results of Smart PLS analyses showed positive well-being at Time 1 (work engagement; life satisfaction; and job satisfaction) predicted subjective entrepreneurial success 2 years la...

Although employees are recognized to be key for organizational new venture creation and strategic renewal (i.e., intrapreneurship), the current literature on intrapreneurship from an individual-level perspective is fragmented, and a valid measurement instrument is lacking. We address this gap and start with presenting a review of the current litera...

This article introduces the special issue on how entrepreneurs influence their social environment. The purpose of this special issue is to illustrate recent research exploring some of the unresolved questions relating to and uncovering connections between entrepreneurs' characteristics, actions, and experiences with their social environment. First,...

Public servants’ intrapreneurship (entrepreneurial actions performed by employees from within an organization) is gaining importance as a micro-foundation of public sector innovation and improved service delivery. This study addresses this topic from a proactive motivation perspective and using weekly diary surveys filled out by 757 public servants...

In today’s complex labor market, social sciences graduates encounter various challenges and negative experiences in their current jobs and job transitions, which may threaten the sustainability of their careers. Possessing 21st-century skills is considered important in supporting their career sustainability. Employing a cross-sectional survey desig...

This paper aims to enhance our understanding of work and wellbeing in the entrepreneurial society. We integrate research on proactive personality (PP) and job design to explore how entrepreneurs' PP impacts their employees' job satisfaction by shaping employee job design in a multi-source multilevel study of 43 entrepreneurs/firms and 511 of their...

Integrating the dualistic model of passion in the recovery literature, the present study investigates how playing video games after work hours can facilitate recovery from work stress. We predicted that passion for gaming would relate to gaming more hours in the evening. Next, we hypothesized that playing video games in the evening would relate to...

Purpose This study investigates when and for whom job crafting may turn into job quitting. The authors hypothesize that approach job crafting relates more positively to turnover intentions and subsequent voluntary job changes among employees with (a) high (vs low) need for career challenges and (b) those with high (vs low) self-esteem. Design/meth...

Background. Teaching 21st-century skills is widely recognized as an important task of higher education. However, an overview of which skills students need to obtain a sustainable career is missing. Using the Framework for 21st Century Learning (P21, 2019a) and the model of sustainable careers (de Vos et al., 2020), we aimed to take stock of current...

Keywords: Lean startup method Feedback seeking behavior Cost-value framework Student social capital Entrepreneurial self-efficacy Experiential entrepreneurship programs A B S T R A C T Understanding and motivating students' feedback seeking behavior is essential for the success of lean startup based entrepreneurship programs. Therefore, in this stu...

Applying the job demands-resources and regulatory focus theory to the educational context, this study investigated how entrepreneurship program characteristics foster students' study engagement and entrepreneurial career intentions. Longitudinal data were collected among 154 Dutch students, who completed a questionnaire before, halfway, and at the...

Platform work is an employment contract characterized by the use of digital platforms to exchange labor and monetary compensation. More and more people are working through online platforms. Therefore, it is important to identify possible differences with other labor agreements in order to assess whether a more specific approach is needed. In this c...

The question of how universities can most effectively contribute to student entrepreneurship remains important. Integrating theory of planned behavior and person-environment fit theory, we investigated how perceived university support relates to students’ attitudes toward entrepreneurship, subjective norms, and entrepreneurial self-efficacy, which...

This study investigated the impact of entrepreneurship course characteristics on students' entrepreneurial intentions through fostering entrepreneurial self-efficacy and study engagement. Furthermore, the moderating role of student needs differences was examined. Data were collected among 302 Chinese undergraduates who enrolled in an entrepreneursh...

This chapter demonstrates the importance of work pressure as an HRM challenge. The different ways of conceptualizing work pressure are described as well as the main theories that explain work pressure and under which circumstances work pressure results in work stress. Trends on work pressure experienced by public sector workers based on the EWCS (1...

Factoren van invloed en effecten voor medewerkers Voor organisaties is het cruciaal kansen te zien en te blijven innoveren. Het stimuleren van onder-nemend werkgedrag binnen organisaties kan hierbij helpen. Dit artikel verschaft inzicht in relevante factoren voor leidinggevenden en organisaties om ondernemend werkgedrag te stimuleren en laat zien w...

Special issue call for papers. The deadline for submission of manuscripts is September 30, 2022.

Several large organizations underwent agile transformation processes over the past few years, despite limited theory and empirical research on agile working. The present study draws from the taskwork-teamwork distinction and the proactivity literature to develop a new multilevel model of agile working. We tested this model in a sample of 114 teams...

Purpose This paper seeks to identify how intrapreneurial self-efficacy (ISE) grows in a group of graduate students during their internship. We investigate which agency and structure factors shape their experience and stabilize or help grow their ISE and how this evolves in the course of their internship. Design/methodology/approach We conducted gr...

Purpose. This qualitative study seeks to expand the challenge-hindrance framework and develop a coherent theoretical framework that explains individual differences in the way small business owners appraise their job demands. Literature has shown that dealing effectively with job demands leads to competitive advantage and depends on individual appra...

The aim of this study was to explore cross‐level mechanisms stimulating employees’ innovative behavior in small firms, specifically emotional contagion between small business owners and their employees. Using data from three European countries and applying a multilevel approach, we tested how small business owners’ work‐related affect—enthusiasm an...

Firm performance is typically measured via objective financial indicators. However, researchers increasingly acknowledge that entrepreneurs do not measure their success solely in financial terms but that a range of often subjective indicators matter to them. This article contributes to the debate on entrepreneurial performance by studying how entre...

Facilitated by communication technology (i.e., smartphones), many employees adopt a work-family integration strategy to cope with work and home demands simultaneously. Taking boundary theory as a starting point, this quantitative diary study examines the potential impact of private smartphone use at work—i.e., boundary-crossing behavior—on employee...

De manier waarop werk georganiseerd is, heeft invloed op hoe werkenden hun werk ervaren en hoe zij functioneren. Een suboptimale werkomgeving kan leiden tot een verscheidenheid aan negatieve consequenties, zoals het maken van onnodige fouten, het veroorzaken van ongevallen, het ervaren van werkstress en een grotere kans op gezondheidsklachten zoals...

The innovativeness of individual employees is a vital source of competitive advantage of firms, contributing to societal development. Therefore, the aim of this multilevel study was to examine how entrepreneurial firm owners’ authentic leadership relates to their employees’ innovative behaviour. Our conceptual model postulates that the relationship...

Creativity is a commonly assumed characteristic of entrepreneurs. It is proposed to be a necessary, although not sufficient, prerequisite for entrepreneurship. This study aimed to deepen our understanding of the relationship between self-perceived creativity and entrepreneurial intentions. To do so, we conducted a cross-sectional survey study among...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships between sales managers’ authentic leadership style and salespeople’s positive development. Design/methodology/approach Multilevel regression analysis was used to examine the data from 40 work teams from several Spanish retail companies (190 salespeople and 40 sales managers). Fin...

Please find our financial hardship scale here. There is both a Dutch and English version. Gorgievski, M.J., Bakker, A.B., Schaufeli, W.B. & Heijden, P.G.M. van der (2005). Finances and health: A dynamic equilibrium model of resources. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 10, 210-224.

This one-year follow-up study among 1,421 male nurses from seven European countries tested the validity of the Effort-Reward Imbalance (ERI) model in predicting prospective vital exhaustion and work-home interference. We hypothesized that effort and lack of reward would have both main and interactive effects on future outcomes. Results of structura...

Ample studies have confirmed the benefits of intrapreneurship (i.e., employee behaviors that contribute to new venture creation and strategic renewal activities) for firm performance, but research on the personal costs and benefits of engaging in intrapreneurial activities for employees is lacking. Building on job demands–resources and reinforcemen...

Integrating predictions from the theory of human values with the theory of planned behavior (TPB), our primary goal is to investigate mechanisms through which individual values are related to entrepreneurial career intentions using a sample of 823 students from four European countries. We find that openness and self-enhancement values relate positi...

This article conceptualises and operationalizes ‘subjective entrepreneurial success’ in a manner which reflects the criteria employed by entrepreneurs, rather than those imposed by researchers. Using two studies, a first qualitative enquiry investigated success definitions using interviews with 185 German entrepreneurs; five factors emerged from th...

The job‐related affective well‐being measure developed by Warr (1990, J. Occup. Psychol ., 63 , 193) has been a frequently used tool estimating affect in the work context. The main purpose of this study was to test the measurement invariance of the instrument across cultures and genders. The model with four correlated factors, representing anxiety,...

This validation study among 291 Dutch employees confirms the usefulness of the Dutch translation of the Work Design Questionnaire (WDQ-NL) in the work(re) design context. According to results of confirmatory factor-analyses, the predicted factorial structure of 21 subscales and four second-order factors shows acceptable fit. All subscales had high...

Based on data from the 2004 and 2010 European Social Survey, this multidisciplinary and cross-national comparative study investigates the relationship between financial hardship and subjective well-being among 9,755 self-employed individuals from 31 European countries. It also aims to identify potential mitigating factors in this relationship on bo...

Leren op de werkplek kan de duurzame inzetbaarheid van werknemers bevorderen mits er sprake is van maatwerk. Een recent onderzoek door Van der Heijden en collega’s (2015) focuste op de kansen die leren op de werkplek biedt om duurzame inzetbaarheid te realiseren. Duidelijk is: baan én baas moeten de werknemer uitdagen!

This study, among 330 pairs of employees and their supervisors, tested whether self- versus supervisor ratings of five employability dimensions (occupational expertise, corporate sense, personal flexibility, anticipation and optimization, and balance) are associated with different learning characteristics in the workplace, and whether age moderates...

This cross-sectional study among 277 Dutch entrepreneurs investigates how entrepreneurs’ job demands relate to their work-related strain and work engagement, as well as their feelings of subjective success. As such it contributes to the literature firstly by focusing on psychological rather than business outcomes of entrepreneurship, and secondly b...

Purpose - Building on the dualistic approach to passion, this study examined how work engagement and workaholism relate to entrepreneurs’ performance (innovative behavior, business growth, and subjective business performance). Design/methodology/approach - Cross-sectional survey data of 180 Spanish entrepreneurs were analyzed using Partial Least S...

This special issue aims to establish a stronger connection between research in psychology and entrepreneurship by presenting novel empirical and theoretical research examining the psychological antecedents, outcomes and processes associated with entrepreneurship.

This qualitative study among 591 business students from four European countries investigated cross-country differences in the kind of barriers people perceive to business start-up. In line with institutional theory, the most important perceived barriers in all countries related to regulative structures (lack of money) and cognitive conditions (lack...

This qualitative study among 591 business students from four European countries investigated crosscountry differences in the kind of barriers people perceive to business start-up. In line with institutional theory, the most important perceived barriers in all countries related to regulative structures (lack of money) and cognitive conditions (lack...

This small group meeting brought together researchers working in the field of work, organizational, and vocational psychology and entrepreneurship, in order to stimulate theoretical developments and cross cultural collaboration. Summarizing, the following lessons could be learned from the presented work. 1) The personality approach to entrepreneur...

Objectives: This study investigated physical, psychological and social job characteristics as potential risk factors for complaints of the arms, neck and shoulders (CANS) and mediating effects of muscular tension and need for recovery. Methods: Data were collected among 105 computer workers using questionnaires and electromyography (EMG), and we...

The present research aims to shed light on the role of culture in the formation of career intentions. It draws on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB, Ajzen, 1991), which has been widely employed to predict intentions, including entrepreneurial career intentions, but past research has almost exclusively been conducted in ‘Western’ countries. The pr...

This study of 150 Dutch small business owners, identified through business/network directories, investigated relationships between owners' understanding of success and their personal values. Business owners ranked 10 success criteria. Personal satisfaction, profitability, and satisfied stakeholders ranked highest. Multidimensional scaling technique...

This article introduces JOOP's special section on expanding the boundaries of resource theories in occupational and organizational psychology. After an introduction of the most relevant resource theories and their current application in occupational and organizational psychology – key resource theories, conservation of resources theory, resource th...

Building on conservation of resources theory and the dynamic equilibrium model, this three-wave longitudinal study among 260 Dutch agricultural business owners (I-year time intervals) investigated reciprocal relationships between the financial situation of the business and psychological distress. Results of structural equation modelling analyses re...

Purpose – This purpose of this paper is to present the research findings of a Post-Occupancy Evaluation of new ways of working in the Faculty of Architecture of the Delft University of Technology and the lessons that can be learned from this particular case in connection with research findings from similar cases. Design/methodology/approach – The p...

Na de brand in mei 2008 trok faculteit Bouwkunde naar het voormalige hoofdgebouw van de TU Delft aan de Julianalaan. De gedwongen verhuizing is aangegrepen om faculteitsbreed over te gaan op flexwerken. Een novum in de academische wereld! Wat vinden de medewerkers hiervan? Werkt het prettig en productief? Of blijven de mensen weg uit het gebouw? Di...

Introduction: Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) Is passion needed for excellent performance? The question of what predicts outstanding performance at work remains timely and relevant. The term “passion for work” emerged from qualitative research on entrepreneurs’ motivation,...

Na de brand in mei 2008 trok faculteit Bouwkunde naar het voormalige hoofdgebouw van de TU Delft aan de Julianalaan. De gedwongen verhuizing is aangegrepen om faculteitsbreed over te gaan op flexwerken. Een novum in de academische wereld! Wat vinden de medewerkers hiervan? Werkt het prettig en productief? Of blijven de mensen weg uit het gebouw? Ee...

This study among a Dutch convenience sample of self-employed individuals (n = 262) and salaried employees (n = 1900) tested to what extent workaholism and work engagement relate to self-reported work performance. After controlling for measurement inequivalence, results of structural equation modeling showed that the self-employed score higher on en...

The aim of this study was to identify difficulties and barriers to reporting clinically suspect situations, possibly caused by avian influenza (AI), and to explore possible incentives to reporting such situations, with the ultimate aim of facilitating early detection of AI outbreaks. Focus group sessions were held with policy-makers from the compet...

Prior research has identified individual characteristics that distinguish business owners from non-business owners. We tested our contention that not every successful business owner can be characterized by such typical “entrepreneurial” characteristics. Multiple Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) on a unique dataset of 194 business owners in the hospita...

Personal value orientations were investigated among a sample of 60 rural indigenous women entrepreneurs in Iran, using the Schwartz Values Scale. The value dimensions were conformity, tradition, benevolence, universalism, self-direction, stimulation, hedonism, achievement, power, and security. Conformity was the value type rated most important, ben...

In this book chapter we have outlined a comprehensive framework of burnout and job-engagement based on COR theory, for the first time placing emphasis on job-engagement. We defined burnout and job-engagement as multifaceted phenomena revolving around intrinsic energy resources, or vigor. Cognitive and behavioral inclinations, such as behavioral inh...

According to the World Disaster Report (Walter, 200427. Walter , J. (Ed.) ( 2004 ) World Disasters Report 2004: Focus on Community Resilience . Bloomfield, CT : Kumarian . View all references), drought and famine have proven to be the deadliest disasters of the decade worldwide, accounting for at least 275,000 deaths since 1994. This was nearly ha...

There is substantial research on psychological consequences of disasters. However, most disaster studies to date have focused on acute disasters, ignoring slow-onset chronic hazards, such as extreme climate conditions and pollution. Using a multilevel theoretical framework based on the Conservation of Resources theory (S. E. Hobfoll, The Ecology of...

This study of 513 Dutch farmers tested a dynamic equilibrium model of resources (an extension of the conservation of resources theory; S. E. Hobfoll, 1989, 1998, 2001). With structural equation modeling, the advantages of a 3-wave longitudinal design were comprehensively used, such as addressing bidirectional causal effects and within-individual vs...

Over a 10-year period, this survey study of 91 Dutch dairy farm couples investigated both causal and reversed causal relationships between couples' financial problems and husbands' and wives' mental and physical health complaints, as well as crossover effects of mental and physical health complaints between spouses. These relationships were tested...

Over a 10-year period, this survey study of 91 Dutch dairy farm couples investigated both causal and reversed causal relationships between couples' financial problems and husbands' and wives' mental and physical health complaints, as well as crossover effects of mental and physical health complaints between spouses. These relationships were tested...

The current crisis in the farming industry in the Netherlands that far-reaching negative consequences for the well-being of farm-families. Based on identity-theory, the present study hypothesized that job-involvement (the psychological importance of the professional role) would intensify the negative relationship between role-relevant stressors and...

This study tested hypotheses about effects of the Protestant Work Ethic on mental and physical well-being. The Protestant Work Ethic was expected to enhance mental and physical well-being and buffer response to adverse work conditions. Blue collar workers (N = 115) filled out questionnaires. As predicted, workers with high scores on a Protestant Wo...

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