Entrepreneurial resilience, a key soft skill to develop in a crisis situation: Proposal for a measurement scale

Authors

Hajer NAJEH, University of Gabes-Superior Institute of Management of Gabès-Tunisia - Search Unit- EEEFollow
Salim Morched, Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Sfax,Follow

Abstract

Any resilient development that enables an entrepreneur to overcome a crisis is seen as an essential feature of the entrepreneur's profile. In order to acquire this quality, we must first understand how entrepreneurs perceive and assess their level of resilience. This involves defining the concept by identifying its underlying dimensions to conceptualize and measure it. Thus, this article presents the different stages of building a scale to assess the level of resilience of Tunisian entrepreneurs. These measures are based on a survey of 152 entrepreneurs following the paradigm of Churchill (1979). This paradigm allows the rigorous construction of questionnaire-type measurement tools at several scales. The validity and reliability of the structure can be verified exploratory factor analysis and the calculation of Cronbach's alpha coefficient.

Recommended Citation

NAJEH, Hajer and Morched, Salim (2023) "Entrepreneurial resilience, a key soft skill to develop in a crisis situation: Proposal for a measurement scale," Journal of Business & Entrepreneurship: Vol. 32: No. 2, Article 4.
Available at: https://repository.ulm.edu/jbe/vol32/iss2/4