Passion at work: A meta-analysis of individual work outcomes
Pollack, Ho, O'Boyle and Kirkman note that research on work passion is more complex than the literature or popular press portray, and that differing theoretical bases and measures have created confusion. They use a meta-analysis to study the work outcomes of three streams of the literature: general passion, dualistic passion, meaning harmonious and obsessive passion, and role-based passion.
Pollack, Ho, O'Boyle and Kirkman note that research on work passion is more complex than the literature or popular press portray, and that differing theoretical bases and measures have created confusion. They use a meta-analysis to study the work outcomes of three streams of the literature: general passion, dualistic passion, meaning harmonious and obsessive passion, and role-based passion.
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doi:10.1002/job.2434. Corrected correlations, harmonious passion: job performance .292, job satisfaction .720, turnover intention -.346; obsessive passion: .129, .143, -.044 (the first and third not significant).