Job burnout and work engagement in entrepreneurs: How the psychological utility of entrepreneurship drives healthy engagement

What is the real value of entrepreneurship? We propose a framework psychological utility by integrating Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) theory with recovery approach from personal agency perspective. hypothesize that together positive JD-R pattern entrepreneurship generates outstanding utility, which maintains and rewards healthy, strong work engagement spills over to off-work time. This benefits entrepreneurs, but also their businesses reliant on avoids burnout. validate our means panel data comprising four waves (348 entrepreneurs 1002 employees), where we analyze different types entrepreneurs.