The role of passion diversity, compassion, and self-compassion for team entrepreneurial passion

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 diversity, significantly relate TEP. Specifically, demonstrate that polyfocal TEP, which is more beneficial for outcomes than monofocal