Chronic health issues and entrepreneurship: Exploring the role of grit, bricolage and illness uncertainty on venture performance

This article investigates the relationship between grit, bricolage and venture performance in a sample of 230 entrepreneurs with chronic diseases and physical disabilities. Building on the broaden-and-build theory, we posit that grit influences venture performance through bricolage and that the effect of grit on bricolage is contingent upon varying levels of illness uncertainty (IU). The results demonstrate broad support for our proposed hypotheses. We contribute to the entrepreneurship literature by examining the relationship between grit and venture performance through bricolage. Furthermore, we examine the moderating effect of IU on this relationship, our findings have implications for both practitioners and policymakers.