In the current efforts to account for the failings of American education, the searchlight of attention has been turned to the quality of teaching. The implication seems to be that teaching, among all the variables that affect colleges and schools, is most susceptible to management and repair. The themes recur in state after state: career ladders, merit pay, teacher testing, job analysis, effect...

In this paper, we conduct a systematic review on the topic of entrepreneurial passion. We summarize empirical findings studies based four major conceptualizations passion: passion for work, dualistic model passion, and perceived Moreover, analyze 63 published papers in literature identify potential research opportunities area. First, relationship between firm performance needs further examinati...

Abstract Passion among entrepreneurial teams can contribute to team performance; yet we still have little understanding of the determinants passion. Drawing from literature on social emotions, theorize and empirically examine influence compassion self-compassion members shared passion (TEP). Using an original sample 326 individuals 107 venture teams, provide novel evidence that, in addition div...

To explore Iranian professionally developed English teachers’ passion for the English language teaching profession, an interview with 7 open-ended questions was conducted to 14 Iranian professionally developed teachers to discover what factors were at work in their professional growth. Participants included 8 Ph.D. holders, 3 Ph.D. candidates, and 3 M.A. holders in TEFL who had more than 20 yea...

Objectives: The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between forms of passion (harmonious and obsessive; Vallerand et al., 2003) and athlete burnout, and whether these relationships are mediated by self-determined motivation. The proposed model posited that because harmonious passion originates from an authentic self, it will be positively associated with self-determined regulat...

The primary aim of the current study was to explore extent which videogame helping behaviour could be explained by need satisfaction and passion. extends previous research looking specifically at in-game has relevance for a range wellbeing outcomes as well reducing toxicity. Survey data were collected from 389 participants assessing satisfaction, passion, empathy during past four weeks. Path an...

Principals and educators are challenged with meeting the increased demands of teaching and learning, which becomes difficult in environments filled with negative undercurrents, such as poverty, teacher satisfaction, salary, and instruction. Administrators must instill passion in teachers and provide effective leadership to motivate teachers to engage and energize students. The primary focus of ...

Two decades ago, experimental social psychologists became interested in the emotion of passionate love, "the desire for union with another." Recently, sex researchers have begun to focus on sexual desire, "the desire for sexual union with another," or the loss thereof. In this paper we review what experimental social psychologists have learned about the nature of passionate love in the last two...