The passion bug: How and when do leaders inspire work passion?

Abstract

Summary Drawing from signaling theory, we propose a work passion transfer model where leaders' passion is transmitted to employees through the former's leadership style and is contingent on employees' perceived importance of performance to self‐esteem (IPSE). Data from 201 supervisor–employee dyads from the health‐care industry show that leaders' harmonious passion led to employees' harmonious passion through charismatic leadership, whereas contingent reward leadership accounted for the transfer of obsessive passion; IPSE did not play a moderating role for either form of passion. Results from a supplementary study further reveal that the link between leadership and employee passion operated through employees' perception of leader passion and that employees' IPSE accentuated for the relationship between perceived leader obsessive passion and employees' obsessive passion. This study advances research in work passion, leadership, and signaling theory and provides important implications for managerial practice.

Leading Better Sex Lives: Trait Charisma is Associated with Higher Sexual Desire and Satisfaction in Romantic Relationships

“…The current findings shed light on how being charismatic is associated with sexual desire and satisfaction in romantic relationships, which are key components of maintaining overall romantic relationship quality (Butzer & Campbell, 2008;Chau et al, 2011;Impett, Strachman, et al, 2008). Past research has found that charismatic people tend to be more communally oriented (Bass, 1985;Pillai et al, 2003) and passionate in workplace contexts (Ho & Astakhova, 2020), allowing for greater job and life satisfaction for both themselves (Nassif et al, 2020) and their colleagues (Ezez et al, 2008;Shamir et al, 1993;Vlachos et al, 2013). However, the current set of studies are the first to our knowledge to investigate the romantic relationships of charismatic people.…”

“…Given that charismatic people have been described as more communally oriented in a workplace setting through their emphasis on a collective identity (House & Howell, 1992;Shamir et al, 1993) and focus on other people's needs (Bass, 1985;Pillai et al, 2003), we CHARISMA AND SEXUAL QUALITY IN RELATIONSHIPS 20 suspected that charismatic people would be more communal in their romantic relationships, as well. More specifically, charismatic are often viewed as passionate (Ho & Astakhova, 2020) and desirable (Flegr et al, 2019), so we believed that charismatic people might be particularly likely to be high in sexual communal strength in their relationships. In fact, our studies revealed that charisma was associated with higher sexual communal strength, and this was true above and beyond general communal motivation.…”

“…Given that charismatic people emphasize a collective identity (House & Howell, 1992;Shamir et al, 1993) and are able to intuit other people's needs (Bass, 1985;Pillai et al, 2003), charismatic people may also be more partner-focused in their sexual relationships. Although it is likely that charismatic people will generally be more communal in their relationships, given that charismatic people are seen as desirable sexual partners (Flegr et al, 2019) and tend to be passionate in other domains (Ho & Astakhova, 2020), they may be particularly likely to be communal in the sexual domain of relationships, above and beyond their general communal tendencies. In turn, higher sexual communal strength should then be associated with higher desire and sexual satisfaction for charismatic people and their partners.…”

“…Charismatic leaders tend to be happier, report greater life satisfaction (Nassif et al, 2020), and have more positive interactions with others, in part because they are seen as effective and attractive (Bono & Ilies, 2006). In workplace contexts, charismatic people are also described as passionate and report greater enthusiasm and enjoyment in their work (Ho & Astakhova, 2020;Vallerand, 2015). High levels of work passion in charismatic leaders are also associated with colleagues feeling more passionate about their work (Ho & Astakhova, 2020), as well as CHARISMA AND SEXUAL QUALITY IN RELATIONSHIPS 6 more positive impacts on work attitudes, behaviors, well-being (Vallerand et al, 2014), relationship quality with colleagues (Philippe et al, 2010), and job and life satisfaction (Ho & Astakhova, 2020).…”

“…In workplace contexts, charismatic people are also described as passionate and report greater enthusiasm and enjoyment in their work (Ho & Astakhova, 2020;Vallerand, 2015). High levels of work passion in charismatic leaders are also associated with colleagues feeling more passionate about their work (Ho & Astakhova, 2020), as well as CHARISMA AND SEXUAL QUALITY IN RELATIONSHIPS 6 more positive impacts on work attitudes, behaviors, well-being (Vallerand et al, 2014), relationship quality with colleagues (Philippe et al, 2010), and job and life satisfaction (Ho & Astakhova, 2020). If features of a charismatic personality involve passionate engagement with important aspects of life and the ability to inspire and excite others (Conger & Kanungo, 1998), it is possible that charismatic people also report higher sexual desire and satisfaction in their intimate relationships.…”