An Emprical Study Of Work Passion's Effects On Initiation Of Change Behavior Based On Self-determination Theory

In today's complex and changeable business environment,enterprises are facing fierce competition and must constantly change to maintain their competitive advantages.As the executor of the change,it is very important for employees to take initiative in the process of change.Employee change initiation behavior is a proactive work behavior initiated by employees to change the work process in the organization and improve the efficiency of the organization.It is the key determinant for the organization to maintain its competitive advantage and achieve organizational success.Therefore,how to promote employee's change initiation behavior is an important issue that enterprise managers pay attention to.Work passion is a hot research topic in the field of organization in recent years.Research indicated that work passion has a significant impact on employees' work attitude and behavior.However,few studies have explored the relationship between work passion and employees' active behavior.Based on self-determination theory and situational strength theory,this study develops a dual mediation model to investigate how work passion affects the behavior of initiating change through voice,and further examines the cross level moderating effects of narcissistic leadership on the relationship between work passion and voice.Through the questionnaire survey,we collected 663 employees and their immediate supervisors' multi-time and multi-source data from 153 working teams in 6 firms.Using SPSS 22.0 and Mplus7.0 statistical software,the structural equation model and multilevel linear regression approaches were employed to test the main effect and the mediating effect,as well as the moderating effect.The results show that:(1)The harmonious work passion of employees has a positive impact on the promotive voice behavior,obsessive work passion has a positive impact on prohibitive voice;(2)The harmonious passion of employees has a positive impact on the change initiating behavior through promoting voice,and the obsessive passion has a positive impact on the change initiating behavior through prohibitive voice.(3)narcissistic leadership moderated the relationship between the harmonious passion and promotive voice,as well as the relationship between the obsessive passion and the prohibitive voice.On the one hand,narcissistic leadership weakened the positive influence of the harmonious passion on the promotive voice,and on the other hand,it strengthened the positive influence of the obsessive passion on the prohibitive voice.(4)narcissistic leadership moderated the mediating role of promotive voice between the harmonious passion and initial of change.The research findings clarify the influencing mechanism between work passion and change initiating behavior,as well as the boundary conditions for work passion's effects on voice,and thus provide a new perspective for micro-level organizational change research.Practically,our findings also provide new insights for managers about how to encourage employees to initiate and participate in organizational change.In order to promote the employee's change initiation behavior,managers should cultivate employees' work enthusiasm and facilitate their voices.