@article{00691ddc78114d4aaa054a194a6a82ac,
title = "Passion transfer across national borders",
abstract = "The transfer of a leader's passion to employees is crucial to successful innovation, but it becomes especially challenging when the organization becomes large and complex. This study examines both the antecedents and consequences of corporate leaders{\textquoteright} passion transfer in the context of multinational corporations (MNCs). We consider two types of passion among leaders: “self-enhancing” passion, which enhances a leader's own self-identity, and “self-transcending” passion, which helps members share an organizational identity. Our empirical data, collected at the level of the parent firm and subsidiaries, show that the successful transfer of a leader's passion from headquarters to local staff is significantly and positively associated with innovation. Passion transfer is positively affected by both types of leaders{\textquoteright} passion and mutual communication, and negatively affected by incentive-based organizational barriers. We also find that self-enhancing passion affects innovation both directly and indirectly through passion transfer, whereas self-transcending passion affects innovation only through passion transfer.",
keywords = "Foreign subsidiaries, Innovation, Leadership, Multinational corporations, Passion transfer",
author = "Shige Makino and Tse, {Caleb H.} and Li, {Stella Yiyan} and Li, {Megan Yuan}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors thank Professor David Tse, Professor Xiao-ping Wang, and Dr. Shigemi Furuta for their helpful comments. This study was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (Grant Numbers: NJ2019026; NS2018050); and the Human Resource Development Research Base of Jiangsu Province, China (grant number: 2017ZSJD002). Funding Information: The authors thank Professor David Tse, Professor Xiao-ping Wang, and Dr. Shigemi Furuta for their helpful comments. This study was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities , China (Grant Numbers: NJ2019026 ; NS2018050 ); and the Human Resource Development Research Base of Jiangsu Province , China (grant number: 2017ZSJD002 ). Shige Makino is Professor in the Department of Management at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received his PhD from Ivey School of Business, Western University. His current research focuses on strategy and performance of multinational corporations. He is especially interested in exploring non-economic based motivations on economic activities and their performance consequences in international business. He is a Fellow of the Academy of International Business and serves as a member of the editorial board and a associate editor of multiple international journals. Caleb H. Tse (Ph.D. The University of Hong Kong) is an Assistant Professor at Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University. His main research areas include marketing strategy (customer co-creation and innovation), international business (counterfeiting, learning by exporting), and advertising (celebrity endorsement, cross-platform advertising). His research has been published in Journal of Management, Journal of Advertising, Journal of Advertising Research, and International Journal of Advertising. He serves as an editorial board member of International Journal of Advertising. Stella Yiyan Li is an assistant professor in Marketing at W. A. Franke College of Business at Northern Arizona University. She received her Ph.D. in marketing from University of Hong Kong. Her research interests include online consumer behavior, crowdsourcing-based product innovation, crowdfunding, and sharing economy. She published her work in Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Advertising, Journal of Advertising Research, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Journal of Interactive Marketing, and Journal of Business Research. Megan Yuan Li is Assistant Professor in the College of Economics and Management at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. She received her PhD from the Department of Management at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her research focuses on the role of emotions in business strategy, international business, and organizational change. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Elsevier Inc.",
year = "2020",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.11.014",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "108",
pages = "213--231",
journal = "Journal of Business Research",
issn = "0148-2963",
publisher = "Elsevier Inc.",
}