일·생활 불균형이 창업의지에 미치는 영향

Abstract

Workers experience the loss of individual resources due to work-life imbalances and try to pursue economic activities continuously by securing new resources through entrepreneurship and the adversity quotient. The purpose of this study is to explore the factors that influence the transformation of them into entrepreneurs and to verify the path in which entrepreneurial intention is formed. to verify the path in which the will to start a business is formed. Accordingly, the effects of work-life imbalance on entrepreneurial intention were explored by targeting office workers in Korea. By analyzing the effects of work-life imbalance on entrepreneurial intention through its mediation on entrepreneurship and regulation on the adversity quotient empirically, this author attempted to explore the factors that influence their conversion to entrepreneurs and implications in it. Through an online survey, the following results were derived by using SPSS and PROCESS Macro based on 350 respondents’ data. First, the positive effects of work-life imbalance on entrepreneurial intention were verified. It means that from a long-term perspective, work-life imbalance is rather an important factor in increasing entrepreneurial intention as a positive stimulus. Second, it was confirmed that entrepreneurship is an important key mediating factor that provides the challenge of change and innovation between work-life imbalance and entrepreneurial intention. Third, it was found that the adversity quotient is an important factor in converting losing resources into positive energy between work-life imbalance and entrepreneurial intention. Academically, main topics have been on work-life balance, job commitment, and turnover intention rather than work-life imbalance, and research subjects related to start-ups have been students, retirees, or seniors mainly. This study is differentiated as it deals with the correlation between work-life imbalance and start-ups. Also, it extends the research subjects in terms of ripple effects targeting office workers that account for 97% of the economically active population. This study verified that start-up activities that change the negative situation of work-life imbalance experienced by many office workers positively may work as an alternative, and it is practically meaningful in solving social problems as it helps vitalize start-ups and create various jobs afterwards.