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Leadership behavior: A partial test of the employee work passion model
Author(s) -
Egan Richard,
Zigarmi Drea,
Richardson Alice
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
human resource development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1532-1096
pISSN - 1044-8004
DOI - 10.1002/hrdq.21346
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , psychology , structural equation modeling , social psychology , test (biology) , employee research , passion , perception , employee engagement , applied psychology , public relations , organizational commitment , political science , paleontology , statistics , mathematics , communication , neuroscience , biology
This study examined empirical associations between employee cognitive perceptions of leader behavior (directive behavior, supportive behavior) and leader values (self‐concern, other orientation), employee positive affect and negative affect, and employee work intentions indicative of (dis)passionate employees. An internet‐based self‐report questionnaire survey was administered to 409 employees within three private sector organizations in Australia. Structural equation modeling indicated that supportive behavior, other‐orientation, and self‐concern had respective indirect effects on work intentions through employee positive affect. Employee positive affect was a stronger predictor of employee work intentions than was employee negative affect. Implications of these findings for theory and practice are discussed.