Mental Disorders in the Entrepreneurship Context: When Being Different Can Be An Advantage

作者：Johan Wiklund, Isabella Hatak, Holger Patzelt, Dean A. Shepherd · 发表于：Academy of Management Perspectives · 年份：2018 · DOI：10.5465/amp.2017.0063 · 被引用次数：228 · 研究领域：Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences、Family Business Performance and Succession、Innovation and Socioeconomic Development

Mental disorders are prevalent, place considerable burden on the economy, and lead to suffering for those with the disorders and their loved ones. However, there is a flipside. Evidence suggests that people with mental disorders can flourish and productively contribute to society through entrepreneurship. This paper explores the relationship between mental disorders and entrepreneurship. It builds a research agenda to propose that researchers explore the role of mental disorders in the entrepreneurial context. We show how such research will advance this new field of research, but also how it can develop novel insights and theories in entrepreneurship and contribute to theories on the psychology of work, career choice, and clinical psychology.