Investigates how family support influences exit intentions among entrepreneurs experiencing poor performance, suggesting it can mitigate emotional exhaustion.
Key Points
This research aims to understand the relationship between poor business performance and entrepreneurial exit intention, focusing on the mediation role of emotional exhaustion and the moderating effect of family support.
Used time-lagged data from a survey of 336 Chinese entrepreneurs
Applied the stressor-strain-outcome framework
Tested hypotheses regarding emotional exhaustion and family support's impact
Emotional exhaustion mediates the link between poor performance and exit intention
Family support reduces the impact of emotional exhaustion on exit intention
The indirect effect of poor performance on exit intention is significant with low family support but not high