Antecedents and Consequences of Passion among Teachers: A Dualistic Model of Passion

Abstract

The present research purposes to investigate an antecedents and consequences of passion among teachers in private universities in Thailand based on Dualistic Model of Passion (DMP). Job demands and job resources (JD-R) considered as antecedent roles while job engagement and job satisfaction performed the roles as positive consequences and depression and burnout performed the roles as negative consequences. Job demands and job resources scale adapted by Bakker et al. (2004) and Xanthopoulou et al. (2007), Passion scales developed by Vallerand et al. 2003, job engagement and burnout scales developed by Schaufeli and Bakker (2004) and Schaufeli et al. (2002), job satisfaction adapted by Diener et al. (1985) and Houlfort et al. (2013), and depression adapted by Radlof (1977) and Bakker et al. (2002). Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) employed to examine the relationship among the variables simultaneously followed by the development of the conceptual framework and the significant findings are discussed in detail.