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

Farah Al Saeed, Abdulrahman Alaskar, Samuel Ebie Orcid Logo

World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, Volume: 21, Issue: 5, Pages: 20 - 44

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DOI (Published version): 10.1504/wremsd.2025.150397

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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...

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Published in: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
ISSN: 1746-0573 1746-0581
Published: Inderscience Publishers 2025
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