The Relationship between Self-Employed Workers' Entrepreneurial Attitude and Health Status.

José Antonio Climent-Rodríguez,Yolanda Navarro-Abal,Agustín Galán-García,Juan Gómez-Salgado,Celia Sánchez-López

doi:10.3390/ijerph17061892

Abstract

In the new work environment, self-employment as a formula and entrepreneurship as an attitude have gained prominence as a means to foster a more competitive economy and increase employment opportunities. Having an entrepreneurial attitude, in addition to being positive on a work level, can also have positive effects on the health of the entrepreneur. The objective of this study is to analyze the relationship between an entrepreneurial attitude and its influence on the general health of Spanish self-employed workers who possess these skills, compared to those who lack them. A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out through random sampling of 1148 self-employed professionals throughout Spain from 21 different economic sectors. The results show the existence of a negative relationship between entrepreneurial attitude and age, that is to say, an entrepreneurial attitude decreases with age. With the sex variable, women show less entrepreneurial attitude and with mental health, decreased mental health was shown in those with a greater entrepreneurial attitude. On the other hand, there is a positive linearity between a positive attitude and the social function of the state of health.

Highlights

The new work environment is encouraging the development of alternative employment models due to the crisis in the salaried employment system
Studies such as those of Weber and Schaper [33], Kautonen et al [34], or McKay [35] conclude that age does not constitute a barrier to entrepreneurial attitudes, emphasising that, possessing these competences provides vitality to people with an entrepreneurial attitude, it is possible that entrepreneurs from a certain age perceive some external social discrimination towards the exteriorization of entrepreneurial behaviours
A 2016 study by the Bellvitge University Hospital Psychiatry Service, in collaboration with the Egarsat insurance company and University of Barcelona Department of Public Health, determined that self-employment has a significant influence on mental disorders [52]. Another result found in this paper describes a positive linearity between social function and entrepreneurial attitude

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The new work environment is encouraging the development of alternative employment models due to the crisis in the salaried employment system. The concept of entrepreneurship has gained prominence in recent years as a means to foster a more competitive economy and increase the chances of employability [1]. The self-employed person has occupied an important place in the employment scene for decades, this figure has been poorly valued socially and administratively, probably due to the predominance of cultural and socio-labour models based on working for someone else and public employment. In recent years, the concept has gradually changed towards approaches that focus on self-employment as a formula and entrepreneurship as an attitude. There are many different definitions related to the concept of entrepreneurship. The entrepreneur has been described [2] from different perspectives by historians, economists, and sociologists, but even

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