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- August 2023 (Revised February 2024)
- Case
Toby Norman: Is Passion Enough for Simprints to Thrive?
By: Jon M. Jachimowicz, Amram Migdal and Max Hancock
As co-founder and CEO of Simprints—a social enterprise with the mission to “transform the way the world fights poverty"—Toby Norman was at a crossroads. His organization had developed ground-breaking technology used to verify aid delivery, reached more than 2.5 million...
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Keywords:
Mission and Purpose;
Motivation and Incentives;
Social Enterprise;
Employees;
Growth and Development Strategy
Jachimowicz, Jon M., Amram Migdal, and Max Hancock. "Toby Norman: Is Passion Enough for Simprints to Thrive?" Harvard Business School Case 424-015, August 2023. (Revised February 2024.)
- 2009
- Chapter
Stimulate Creativity by Fueling Passion
By: Teresa Amabile and Colin M. Fisher
Amabile, Teresa, and Colin M. Fisher. "Stimulate Creativity by Fueling Passion." In Handbook of Principles of Organizational Behavior: Indispensable Knowledge for Evidence-Based Management. 2nd ed. Edited by Edwin A. Locke. John Wiley & Sons, 2009.
- Article
Managing Perceptions of Distress at Work: Reframing Emotion as Passion
By: Elizabeth Baily Wolf, Jooa Julia Lee, Sunita Sah and Alison Wood Brooks
Expressing distress at work can have negative consequences for employees: observers perceive employees who express distress as less competent than employees who do not. Across five experiments, we explore how reframing a socially inappropriate emotional expression...
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Wolf, Elizabeth Baily, Jooa Julia Lee, Sunita Sah, and Alison Wood Brooks. "Managing Perceptions of Distress at Work: Reframing Emotion as Passion." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 137 (November 2016): 1–12.
- Forthcoming
- Article
A Potential Pitfall of Passion: Passion Is Associated with Performance Overconfidence
By: Erica R. Bailey, Kai Krautter, Wen Wu, Adam D. Galinsky and Jon M. Jachimowicz
Having passion is almost universally lauded. People strive to follow their passion at work, and organizations increasingly seek out passionate employees. Supporting the benefits of passion, prior research finds a robust relationship between passion and higher levels of...
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Bailey, Erica R., Kai Krautter, Wen Wu, Adam D. Galinsky, and Jon M. Jachimowicz. "A Potential Pitfall of Passion: Passion Is Associated with Performance Overconfidence." Social Psychological & Personality Science (forthcoming).
- 15 Mar 2007
- Conference Presentation
Finding the Passion to Lead
By: William W. George
Keywords:
Leadership
- 5 Jun 2021
- Talk
Passion Meets Purpose: Do I Need to be Passionate about Work or My Job?
Jachimowicz, Jon M. "Passion Meets Purpose: Do I Need to be Passionate about Work or My Job?" Headspace, June 5, 2021.
- 20 Jul 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
The Pursuit of Passion Propagates Privilege
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by Josephine Tan and Jon M. Jachimowicz
- June 2023
- Case
EDWINS: Leading with Passion and Purpose
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Rachel Bricklin
Applegate, Lynda M., and Rachel Bricklin. "EDWINS: Leading with Passion and Purpose." Harvard Business School Case 823-131, June 2023.
- September 2004 (Revised February 2010)
- Supplement
The Passion of the Christ (B)
By: John A. Quelch, Anita Elberse and Anna Harrington
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Religion
Quelch, John A., Anita Elberse, and Anna Harrington. "The Passion of the Christ (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 505-026, September 2004. (Revised February 2010.)
- March 2024
- Supplement
Toby Norman: Is Passion Enough for Simprints to Thrive? Managing for Passion in Organizations
Jachimowicz, Jon M. "Toby Norman: Is Passion Enough for Simprints to Thrive? Managing for Passion in Organizations." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 424-709, March 2024.
- March 2024
- Supplement
Toby Norman: Is Passion Enough for Simprints to Thrive? Managing for Passion in Yourself
Jachimowicz, Jon M. "Toby Norman: Is Passion Enough for Simprints to Thrive? Managing for Passion in Yourself." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 424-710, March 2024.
- October 15, 2019
- Article
3 Reasons It's So Hard to 'Follow Your Passion'
We’re often told to follow our passion. But research shows that many of us don’t know how to do so. How do we fix this? Research on passion suggests that we need to understand three key things: (1) passion is not something one finds, but rather, it is something to be...
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Jachimowicz, Jon M. "3 Reasons It's So Hard to 'Follow Your Passion'." Harvard Business Review (website) (October 15, 2019).
- 24 Jan 2023
- Research & Ideas
Passion at Work Is a Good Thing—But Only If Bosses Know How to Manage It
Who wouldn't want to work for a company that values passion? And what employer wouldn't seek an employee who’s deeply passionate about their work? But, here's the rub, according to recent research from Harvard Business School: Employees...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 2017
- Chapter
Paul R. Lawrence: A Career of Rigor, Relevance, and Passion
By: Michael Tushman
Paul R. Lawrence was one of the earliest and most influential figures in the emergence of organizational behavior as a field of study. He was a pioneer in creating a body of work on organization design, leadership, and change in both the private and public sectors....
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Keywords:
Organization Design;
Contingency Theory;
Public And Private Organizations;
Rigor And Relevance;
Biography;
Organizational Design;
Leadership;
Learning;
Leading Change
Tushman, Michael. "Paul R. Lawrence: A Career of Rigor, Relevance, and Passion." In The Palgrave Handbook of Organizational Change Thinkers. Continuously updated ed. Edited by David Szabla, William Pasmore, Mary Barnes, and Asha Gipson. Springer, 2017. Electronic. (doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-49820-1_12-2.)
- September 2010 (Revised March 2011)
- Teaching Note
The Passion of the Christ (A) & (B)
By: Anita Elberse
Teaching Note for 505025 and 505026.
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Motion Pictures and Video Industry
- Article
The Passion Paradox: A Conversation with Brad Stulberg
Jachimowicz, Jon M. "The Passion Paradox: A Conversation with Brad Stulberg." Behavioral Scientist (April 9, 2019).
- August 2022
- Teaching Note
Sarah Robb O‘Hagan: The Rocky Road of Passion
By: Jon M. Jachimowicz and Francesca Gino
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 422-055.
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- February 2024
- Teaching Note
Toby Norman: Is Passion Enough for Simprints to Thrive?
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 424-015.
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- April 2001
- Article
Beyond Talent: John Irving and the Passionate Craft of Creativity
By: T. M. Amabile
Although laypeople and creativity theorists often make the assumption that individual creativity depends primarily on talent, there is considerable evidence that hard work and intrinsic motivation-which can be supported or undermined by the social environment-also play...
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Keywords:
Creativity;
Performance;
Performance Improvement;
Motivation and Incentives;
Personal Characteristics;
Situation or Environment
Amabile, T. M. "Beyond Talent: John Irving and the Passionate Craft of Creativity." American Psychologist 56, no. 4 (April 2001): 333–336.