The articles hyperlinked below, which make sundry references to characteristic adaptations in circumstances of leader development, may be of interest.

Article Blustein's Psychology of Working: A Very Short Introduction

Article Seven Entries on 21st Century Working

Article Identity Processes in Leader Development

G'day Laura,

Please have a look at the links below, this should help you to gather more information about your research interest. All the best.

Kind regards,

Sofiane

1. Developing oneself as a leader

T Karp - Journal of Management Development, 2013

https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/02621711311287080/full/html

2. Leader and team adaptation: The influence and development of key attributes and processes

SJ Zaccaro, D Banks, L Kiechel-Koles, C Kemp… - 2009 - apps.dtic.mil

https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADA507989

3. The joint effects of leadership style and magnitude of the disruption on team adaptation: A longitudinal experiment

M Sanchez-Manzanares, R Rico… - Group & …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com

Article The Joint Effects of Leadership Style and Magnitude of the D...

4. A Behavioral Cultural-Based Development Analysis of Entrepreneurship in China

Y Dai - Administrative Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/11/3/91

5. Integrating psychological approaches to entrepreneurship: the Entrepreneurial Personality System (EPS)

M Obschonka, M Stuetzer - Small Business Economics, 2017 - Springer

Article Integrating Psychological Approaches to Entrepreneurship: Th...

There are many factors that may affect Entrepreneur. Successful entrepreneurs have a passion for what they do. They must be self-confident, have a vision, and also have characteristic adaptations.

First of all, it is necessary to justify this adaptation in the characteristics and/or the need to do so to advance the business. Based on this "skill", you can find articles on the relation between adapatbility, as charactéristic and/or competency, and the career development and/or career success.

You find attached a track of research, good work.

file:///C:/Users/USER/Downloads/GererVieProf2015_p52-68.pdf

file:///C:/Users/USER/Downloads/Haenggli_Hirschi_2020_CareerAdaptabilityandCareerSuccess.pdf

https://www.manager-go.com/efficacite-professionnelle/adaptabilite-professionnelle.htm

file:///C:/Users/USER/Downloads/The_need_for_adaptation_in_successful_business_con.pdf

Kobrack, Peter (1993), “Toward a Broader Approach to Organization Development,” American Review of Public Administration, 23, 4 (December).

https://lovethehustle.com/3-critical-steps-needed-to-stay-agile-as-an-entrepreneur/

Laura Backs, interesting Q. I think one has seen that Openness, due to the Big Five has been a predictor in this. When it comes to entrepreneurs' careers they are much due to what we call Breaking points or Life-changing points, see picture Breaking points under Q&A (www.entrepreneurprofiletest.com) Heritage - Environment-Potential-Breaking points-Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurs and people in senior management are two different sets of people that should not be clubbed together.