Sayings like “Do what you love, and you'll never work a day in your life” epitomize Western
society's emphasis on both the importance and assumed positive nature of passion for work …

This dissertation discusses the construct of passion for work. Built on motivational theories
that separate the quantity and the quality of work motivation and integration, the dualistic …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Chapter 1 highlights the prominence of the passion principle, showing that many college
students and college-educated workers prioritize finding work they feel passionate about …

This chapter provides an integrative review of the work stress literature while referring to the
empirical evidence on passion for work in relation to psychological health, that is, well-and ill …

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 …

A dualistic model of both harmonious and obsessive passion suggests that work passion
may have both positive and negative effects toward career success. We explore the …

For decades, scholars of work have recorded structural changes rendering a 'new
economy.'In the new economy, professionals experience unprecedented precarity whereby …