Relationship between financial stress and financial well-being of micro and small business owners: Evidence from India
- Title
- Relationship between financial stress and financial well-being of micro and small business owners: Evidence from India
- Creator
- Ravikumar T.; Sriram M.; Kannan N.; Elias I.; Seshadri V.
- Description
- Micro and small businesses financially suffered due to COVID-19 in India. This financial suffering created financial stress among them and deteriorated their financial well-being. However, micro and small business owners exhibit financial resilience by bouncing back to regular business activities through their hope, optimism, and selfefficacy, which are the components of positive psychological capital. This study analyzes the relationship between financial stress and financial well-being of micro and small firm owners keeping financial resilience as a mediator and positive psychological capital as a moderator in the mediation. This descriptive analysis employed a survey method to collect primary data using the interview method. The interview method was used as most micro and small business owners are comfortable with interaction rather than filling out the questionnaires due to the language barrier. The sample size is 384 respondents, as per Krejcie and Morgan's formula. The mean scores indicate a moderate degree of financial stress (2.354), financial resilience (2.623), and financial well-being (2.637). The level of financial stress differs based on the respondents' gender. Financial stress is more among female business owners (2.504) than their male counterparts (2.265). Further, business owners who earn more have a higher level of financial resilience (2.985), psychological capital (2.951), and financial well-being (2.711). Financial stress significantly impacts financial well-being (28.4%). Financial resilience has a partial mediation effect (65%) on financial stress and financial well-being. Finally, psychological capital moderates indirect relationships among financial stress, financial resilience, and financial well-being. Thangaraj Ravikumar, Mali Sriram, Nagalingam Kannan, Issac Elias, Vinita Seshadri, 2022.
- Source
- Problems and Perspectives in Management, Vol-20, No. 4, pp. 306-319.
- Date
- 2022-01-01
- Publisher
- LLC CPC Business Perspectives
- Subject
- behavioral finance; financial welfare; personal finance; personal well-being; psychological factors
- Coverage
- Ravikumar T., School of Business and Management, CHRIST (Deemed University), India; Sriram M., School of Business and Management, CHRIST (Deemed University), India; Kannan N., School of Management Studies, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Deemed University, India; Elias I., School of Business and Management, CHRIST (Deemed University), India; Seshadri V., School of Business and Management, CHRIST (Deemed University), India
- Rights
- All Open Access; Gold Open Access
- Relation
- ISSN: 17277051
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Article
Collection
Citation
Ravikumar T.; Sriram M.; Kannan N.; Elias I.; Seshadri V., “Relationship between financial stress and financial well-being of micro and small business owners: Evidence from India,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 24, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/15239.