Passion and pride in professional sports: Investigating the role of workplace emotion |
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| Institution: | 1. Loughborough University, Institute for Sport Business, London, UK;2. Temple University, School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA;1. Louisiana State University, United States;2. University of Massachusetts, United States;3. Niagara University, United States;1. Department of Management & Marketing, Collins College of Business, The University of Tulsa, United States;2. School of Finance, Operations Management & International Business, Collins College of Business, The University of Tulsa, United States;3. Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality and Resort Management, University of Memphis, United States;4. Francis Eppes Professor of Management College of Business, Florida State University, United States;1. University of Tuebingen, Faculty of Economics and Social Science, Institute of Sports Science, Wilhelmstraße 124, D-72074 Tuebingen, Germany;2. Sport Policy and Management Research Group, Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, UK;3. Department of Economics, Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, UK |
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| Abstract: | The current study examined the influence of passion and pride on employees of professional sport organizations. Anecdotally, much has been noted about the role that emotions play in making the sport industry one of the world’s largest and most visible. However, empirical investigation is lacking in relation to those who choose a career in this environment. Results from an analysis of 933 employee survey responses representing 89 teams across 5 leagues suggest that passion and pride play an important role influencing commonly-assessed workplace attitudes and behaviors. Notably, obsessive passion seems to work in a distinctly positive fashion within professional sport workplaces, as compared to its negative influence on employees within other non-sport industries researched previously. |
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| Keywords: | Passion Pride Organizational behavior Employees Professional sport |
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