Passion is a pervasive concept in the work domain. Workers aspire to be passionate in the
hope of finding meaning and satisfaction from their professional life, while employers dream …

Passion can be uplifting and energizing; it can also be destructive and obsessive. The work
realm represents a fertile ground to observe this duality of passion. This chapter provides a …

Although the passion that people demonstrate at work would appear to be a topic of
considerable interest and importance to organizational scholars and practitioners, we know …

The purpose of this chapter is to present an overview of research on passion and show its
relevance to the realm of work and organizations. We first provide a brief review of how …

Academic research on passion is much more complex than the extant literature or popular
press portray. Although research on work‐related passion has progressed rapidly over the …

Despite growing interest among researchers and practitioners in the topic of work passion,
multiple conceptualizations of this construct exist, and research within each …

The purpose of this chapter is to present a new conceptualization on passion (Vallerand,
Blanchard et al., in press) and show its applicability to the realm of work and organizations …

Passion for work has become increasingly valued, as reflected by its ubiquity in popular and
empirical discourse. Yet we lack scientific consensus on the definition of work passion, and …

Purpose This cross-cultural study with employee–supervisor dyads in Russia and China
examines links between harmonious and obsessive work passion and four job-and …

Work passion research most frequently utilizes the dualistic model of passion, which asserts
two types of passion that differ based on the internalization of passion into one's identity …