OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AFFECTING INNOVATIVE CAPABILITIES AND INNOVATIVE WORK BEHAVIOR OF MIGRANT ENTREPRENEURS

This study examined the impact of occupational stress (OS) on innovative entrepreneurs operating SMEs. The study is novel as it fills the existing gap in the literature by examining IWB and IEC within one construct. There is no conclusive evidence prior to this study to examine the entrepreneurial stress of migrant entrepreneurs. Thus, this research is novel in offering new insight. By combining purposive and quota sampling and further supported by networking and connections gathered data from total 130 (65 each in male and female) migrant entrepreneurs in Canada. PLS (SEM) is used for quantitative analysis. Results revealed that occupational stress statistically significantly affect IWB and IEC of migrant entrepreneurs. Interestingly, through funnel approach, it is evident female migrant entrepreneurs are better in coping with the occupational stress and therefore demonstrate higher IWB and IEC in comparison to female migrant entrepreneurs in Canada. Furthermore, organizational factors affect higher the male migrant entrepreneurs while personal factors affect female migrant entrepreneurs. The consequences of stress for male migrant entrepreneurs result in behavior and physical deterioration while emotional symptoms are evident in the migrant entrepreneurs in Canada. The managerial implications are given at the end.