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The Curvilinear Relationship between Work Passion and Organizational Citizenship Behavior

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Drawing on conservation of resources theory, this study examines the curvilinear relationship between harmonious and obsessive work passion and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) as well as the moderating effect of collectivistic values. Using 233 paired supervisor-employee responses from Russia, I found that harmonious work passion and OCB are positively related up to a point, after which higher levels of harmonious work passion are associated with declining OCB. The main curvilinear effect of obsessive work passion on OCB was not significant. Collectivistic values were found to significantly interact with obsessive work passion but not harmonious work passion in the way they affect OCB. Employees who score high on collectivistic values tend to engage more in OCB than those who score low on collectivistic values. Interestingly, at low levels of collectivism, the inverted U-shaped curve illustrates the relations between obsessive passion and OCB changes into a U-shaped curve, suggesting that the highest engagement in OCB will no longer be observed at intermediate levels of obsessive work passion but rather at its lowest and highest levels. The findings contribute to work passion research and suggest that curvilinear rather than linear relationships may exist between work passion and work outcomes, which may account for the existing inconsistencies in the previous studies in regards to whether work passion-outcomes relationships are either positive or negative. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015

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  • Marina Astakhova, 2015. "The Curvilinear Relationship between Work Passion and Organizational Citizenship Behavior," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 130(2), pages 361-374, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jbuset:v:130:y:2015:i:2:p:361-374
    DOI: 10.1007/s10551-014-2233-5
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