The purpose of this study was to examine the empirical connection between employee perceptions of their
leaders’ values orientation, employee job-specific affect, and the resultant impact these two constructs have on
employee work passion intentions. Seven hundred forty-seven respondent surveys were analyzed using structural
equation modeling (SEM) to assess the study’s proposed theoretical model. The latent constructs tested included
cognition (i.e., perceptions of interpersonal work experience), affect, and intentions. Perceived leader self-concern
showed a significant direct correlation with negative job-specific affect as well as a negative relationship with intent
to stay. Leader other-orientation showed sizeable, direct, significant correlations with employee positive job-specific
affect and resultant work passion intentions such as intent to endorse, intent to perform, intent to stay, intention to
use discretionary effort, and intention to be an organizational citizen.Published versio
