Where energy flows, passion grows: testing a moderated mediation model of work passion through a cross-cultural lens

Qingxiong Weng; Hirra Pervez Butt; Shamika Almeida; Bilal Ahmed; Asfia Obaid; Muhammad Burhan; Hussain Tariq

doi:10.1007/s12144-020-01071-x

Where energy flows, passion grows: testing a moderated mediation model of work passion through a cross-cultural lens

Qingxiong Weng, Hirra Pervez Butt, Shamika Almeida, Bilal Ahmed, Asfia Obaid, Muhammad Burhan, Hussain Tariq

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Abstract

This study examines how and when passionate leaders can instigate work passion in their followers. We propose relational energy as a social interaction mediator that can facilitate the crossover of work passion from leader to followers. Additionally, we introduce a moderator of culture (Anglo culture, e.g., Canada vs. Confucian Asian culture, e.g., China) as it plays a vital role in the dynamics of interpersonal relations within a leader-follower dyad. We collected two-wave data from MBA students of two Confucian Asian countries (China and Singapore, n = 120) and two Anglo countries (Canada and Australia, n = 265) to test our moderated mediation model. The results show that interactions with passionate leaders can generate relational energy in followers and subsequently lead to followers’ passion for work. Furthermore, the findings shed light on the moderating effect of culture, such that the leader-follower work passion relationship via follower relational energy was stronger for followers from Anglo culture than the followers from Confucian Asian culture. Limitations of the study and directions for future research are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5817-5831
Number of pages	15
Journal	Current Psychology
Volume	41
Early online date	28 Sept 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-01071-x
Publication status	Published - Sept 2022
Externally published	Yes

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Financial support from the Natural Sciences Foundation of China (Project no. 71373251; no. 71422014)

Keywords

Crossover theory
Culture (Anglo culture vs. Confucian Asian culture)
Leader-follower relationship
Relational energy
Work passion

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Psychology(all)

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