TY - JOUR T1 - Associations between a Leader's Work Passion and an Employee's Work Passion: A Moderated Mediation Model. AU - Li,Jingjing, AU - Zhang,Jian, AU - Yang,Zhiguo, Y1 - 2017/08/28/ PY - 2016/11/23/received PY - 2017/08/10/accepted PY - 2017/9/13/entrez PY - 2017/9/13/pubmed PY - 2017/9/13/medline KW - Johnson-Neyman KW - emotional contagion KW - goal content KW - moderated mediation model KW - work passion SP - 1447 EP - 1447 JF - Frontiers in psychology JO - Front Psychol VL - 8 N2 - Based on the theory of emotional contagion and goal content, this study explored the positive associations between a leader's work passion and employees' work passion. This study investigated 364 employees and their immediate leaders from China, constructed a moderated mediation model, and used SPSS-PROCESS in conjunction with the Johnson-Neyman technique to analyze the data. The results showed that a leader's work passion was transferred to employees via emotional contagion, and the contagion process was moderated by leader-employee goal content congruence. This study provides a potential way to stimulate employees' work passion from the perspective of leader-employee interactions. Moreover, the limitations of the study and potential topics for future research are discussed. SN - 1664-1078 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/28894430/Associations_between_a_Leader's_Work_Passion_and_an_Employee's_Work_Passion:_A_Moderated_Mediation_Model_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -