Cross-level Effect of Entrepreneurial Passion on Employees' Work Passion: Mediation of Emotional Contagion

Abstract

Abstract:

This study explains why entrepreneurial passion is not transferred to employees from emotional contagion view. Basing on survey data from 206 respondents, we develop and test a hierarchical linear model. The results show that emotional mimicry partially mediates entrepreneurial passion for developing and employees' positive feelings, and social comparison fully mediates the relationship for entrepreneurial passion for developing and organization or work meaningfulness. The mediation effects of emotional contagion between entrepreneurial passion for inventing / founding and employee's work passion are not supported. The conclusion is that only via social comparison could entrepreneurial passion be transferred to employees and social comparison (cognitive driving mechanism) is the main means for the passion transference from entrepreneurs to employees; this needs more attention in future researches.

Key words: entrepreneurial passion, emotional contagion, employees' work passion, hierarchical linear model

Zhang Jian, Li Jingjing, Song Yahui. Cross-level Effect of Entrepreneurial Passion on Employees' Work Passion: Mediation of Emotional Contagion[J]. , 2018, 30(11): 152-163.

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