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The purpose of this study is to determine the causal relationship between psychological ownership and employee workaholism behavior. The expected benefit from this study will be to demonstrate that workaholism as a cognitive-behavioral construct could be accounted for by psychological ownership feelings targeted towards one’s work. The cultural context of Turkish organizational setting is assumed to considerably contribute to the development of overt psychological ownership feelings towards one’s job. The distinct correlations among workaholism and psychological ownership subscales are investigated with a view to exploring managerial implications of those relationships on a sample of teachers. To our knowledge, this study is the first attempt to analyze the aforementioned relationship in light of the theoretical discussions and recommendations. According to the results of our analyses, there are significant correlations between work perfectionism and territoriality, work addiction and accountability, as well as between unpleasantness and territoriality. Unpleasantness and work perfectionism are significantly predicted by territoriality psychological ownership.
Key words: Workaholism, Psychological Ownership, Prevention-Promotion, Turkey, Teachers

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- Psychological ownership, Workaholism

This paper analyzes the impact of effect size or the coefficient correlation of psychological ownership and job satisfaction. Twenty-three studies were selected based on the characteristics of the knowledge worker and six psychological ownership dimensions of distinctiveness. Average organizational tenure and education level were used to assess the significant dispersion between the studies that existed. Average organizational tenure accounted for none of the dispersion between studies variance. Studies that used degree holders for sampling accounted for 77% of real heterogeneity representing 13 out of the 23 studies. 15 out of the 23 studies that conducted regressions, and reported the coefficient determination or R2 results explained 58% of the 95% proportion of real observed dispersion between the 15 studies with a p-value of .000. These results indicate significant gaps in the existing literature pertaining to the relationship between psychological ownership and job satisfaction. The gaps in the existing literature show the need to reset the study of the relationship between psychological ownership and job satisfaction towards the area of organizational effectiveness as oppose to the psychology of possession from the perspective of the human mind.

Over the past 15 years, management scholars have begun to more seriously study the phenomenon of “psychological ownership,” or what practitioners commonly call “taking ownership” in one’s work. This is a mental state or form of attachment whereby individuals construe work projects or organizations as ‘MINE’ and become personally invested in them. Although there is a growing body of evidence suggesting that taking ownership enhances a variety of desirable work outcomes, no one has asked whether it is spiritually healthy. This essay considers the concept and practice of taking ownership from a distinctively Christian perspective. Specifically, it questions the compatibility of taking ownership with the concept of Christian stewardship. Since a biblical worldview understands God as the sole owner of everything, there is an apparent tension between taking ownership and giving God His due glory. The essay unpacks this tension and attempts to resolve it by outlining a distinctively Christian form of taking ownership in one’s work.

Having a sense of connection to tangible and intangible possessions is an innate tendency for most of people. In this point, psychological ownership acts as a predictor of human behaviour in organziational settings and has received increasing popularity from organization scholars. Infact, feelings of psychological ownership over a target are mostly nourished from the concepts of belongingness, self-efficacy, and self-identity. And it is an innate tendency and ensure organizational members to see their organizations as a part of their extended self. Having a sense of psychological ownership makes people more attached the target of possession and contributes to positive organizational outputs. It promote feelings of responsibility towards possession and often results in being highly caring, protective, and nurturing regarding the targets of ownership. In this study we focused on family businesses and effects of psychological ownership on organizational outputs and role of social identity in these effects. Due to the fact that in this kind of companies sharing legal ownership and being a member of the founder family bind people together in a common goal to which the target of possession is connected, and this situation in turn contributes to strong commitment to the family business and considerable levels of psychological ownership, that can be considered as one of the most important advantage of family firms over nonfamily firms. In family firms, collective psychological ownership felt towards the compay creates positive cognitive evaluations and positive feelings about the business and encourage members to work more eagerly for the business and contribute to its goals and success.

- by Elif Baykal
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- Family Business, Psychological ownership, Social identity theory
- by Colleen Kirk
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- Psychological ownership, Interactivity

In this chapter, we present evidence that despite the intangible nature of digital technologies, consumers often come to feel psychological ownership of these technologies. Further, we find that digital technologies often facilitate the emergence of psychological ownership of non-digital targets. Digital affordances appear to play a key role in these processes. Digital affordances are characteristics of a digital technology object that facilitate users’ abilities to appropriate or engage with the technology (e.g., interactive design elements and interfaces) and can constrain or expand users’ opportunities for developing feelings of ownership for a digital target. Additionally, consumers’ motivational orientations and individual differences impact the extent to which they choose to leverage digital affordances and thus the extent to which affordances translate into feelings of ownership. We review research conducted in diverse digital contexts (e.g., websites, remixed content, virtual worlds, gaming, social media, virtual communities) and identify current implications for managers as well as future opportunities for researchers.

- by Colleen Kirk
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- Consumer Behavior, Psychological ownership

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can be deceptively complex organizations to manage due to a broad range of challenges, such as issues relating to owner-managers, as well as employees and the employment relationship (Mallett & Wapshott, 2012). This study is conducted to study three factors, the behavior of the employer, the influence of communication and psychological ownership with relevant to promoting employee and employer relationship in the SMEs. Questionnaires were distributed to 150 employees of various SMEs in the Sri Serdang area of Selangor, Malaysia. The result was analyzed using the descriptive and correlation analysis.

Marketers frequently use individual names as part of their brand-naming strategy. This research investigates how the use of a possessive (indicated by an apostrophe -s) versus non-possessive form in a brand name (Mrs. Smith’s vs. Mrs. Smith) affects consumer brand preferences and choice for less familiar brands. Building on the theory of possessions, this work demonstrates that consumers infer a brand as being under control of an owner implied in a possessive brand name. Eight studies using real-world data and field and lab experiments show that this inference results in enhanced brand purchase intentions and money spent on a brand’s product. This research also establishes that the focal effect occurs for consumers less familiar with the brand and for those with high desire to relinquish control. The core effect reverses in co-creation contexts because this process enhances consumers’ own desire for control and thus conflicts with the inferred sense of an owner’s control over the brand. Additionally, the current work shows that the positive effect of brand-name possessiveness applies only when no brand longevity information is mentioned; the effect is attenuated when brand longevity is communicated, because older brands are generally seen as largely in control of their performance. Beyond informing theory on the effects of a possessive form in brand names, the findings aid marketers in identifying specific marketplace outcomes for possessive-form brand-naming strategies.

- by Mansur Khamitov
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- Marketing, Brand Management, Consumer Behavior, Branding

Liderin astlarıyla olan etkileşimine ve bu etkileşimin kalitesine vurgu yapan lider üye etkileşimi (LEÜ) teorisi, liderlik araştırmaları için geleneksel liderlik teorilerinden faklı bir perspektif sunarken, örgüt ve yönetim araştırmalarına sıklıkla konu olmaktadır. Özellikle de liderin astlarıyla olan etkileşim kalitesinin olumlu pek çok işgören tutum ve davranışlarını pozitif yönde etkilediği literatür incelemesinden anlaşılmaktadır. Ancak, LÜE’nin olumlu bilişsel, duygusal, tutumsal ya da davranışsal faktörleri ne şekilde etkilediği, bu etkilerin direkt mi? Dolaylı mı? Yoksa farklı bağlamların ilişkileri üzerindeki düzenleyicilik etkisinden mi(?) kaynaklandığının araştırılması gerekmektedir. Bu çalışmada, LÜE’in iş tatmini ve psikolojik sahiplik ilişkisi üzerindeki düzenleyicilik etkisinin araştırılması amaçlanmıştır. Araştırma verileri Bitlis'te faaliyet gösteren dört farklı tekstil işletmesi çalışanlarından elde edilmiştir. Veriler üzerinde güvenilirlik, geçerlilik, faktör ve hiyerarşik regresyon analizleri yapılmıştır. Araştırmada düzenleyicilik etkisinin düşük, orta ve yüksek olduğu durumlar Process Makrosu ile analiz edilmiştir. Analizler sonucunda; iş tatminin psikolojik sahiplenmeyi olumlu yönde yüksek düzeyde etkilediği ve LÜE’in iş tatmini ve psikolojik sahiplik ilişkisi üzerinde etkisi olduğu ve bu ilişkiyi kuvvetlendirdiği bulgulanmıştır.

- by Metin IŞIK
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- Job Satisfaction, Psychological ownership, Leader-Member Exchange (LMX)

This research focuses on studying the link between internal service quality (ISQ) and customer service quality (SQ) and the effects of demographics (gender, age, education, affiliation, and position) on that link. Extant research shows that the relationship between ISQ and SQ is complex, mixed, and not straightforward and few empirical research efforts have focused on testing this relationship. Data were collected from a sample of 543 employees working in six Academic Palestinian organizations in Gaza Strip (three universities and three university colleges). The results supported the availability of direct and positive relationships between three dimensions of ISQ (tangibles, assurance, and responsiveness) and SQ. The relationships between the other two dimensions (reliability and empathy) of ISQ and SQ were not supported. The findings also showed that there is a difference between respondents regarding ISQ and SQ due to age, affiliation, and position while there is no difference due to gender. They also show that there is a difference between respondents regarding ISQ and its dimensions due to education. This study suggested the importance of studying more variables that may mediate or moderate the relationship between ISQ and SQ.

- by Khalid A Dahleez
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- Entrepreneurship, Service Quality, Psychological ownership
- by Marina Burakova
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- Control Theory, Organizational Trust, Psychological ownership

We develop and test a theoretical model that explains how collective psychological ownership—shared feelings of joint possession over something—emerges within new creative teams that were launched to advance one person’s (i.e., a creative lead’s) preconceived idea. Our model proposes that such teams face a unique challenge—an initial asymmetry in feelings of psychological ownership for the idea between the creative lead who conceived the idea and new team members who are beginning to work on the idea. We suggest that the creative lead can resolve this asymmetry and foster the emergence of collective psychological ownership by enacting two interpersonal behaviors—help seeking and territorial marking. These behaviors build collective ownership by facilitating the unifying centripetal force of team identification and preventing the divisive centrifugal force of team ownership conflict. Our model also proposes that collective ownership positively relates to the early success of new creative teams. The results of a quantitative study of 79 creative teams participating in an entrepreneurship competition provided general support for our predictions but also suggested refinements as to how a creative lead’s behavior influences team dynamics. The findings of a subsequent qualitative investigation of 27 teams participating in a university startup launch course shed additional light on how collective ownership emerges in new creative teams launched to advance one person’s idea.

- by Markus Baer
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- Creativity, Teams, Psychological ownership

Previous research on the sharing economy has not typically focused on organizational structure and its management in spite of the fact that the essence of recent peer-to-peer business practices is the collaboration of online platforms and sharable assets owned by market peers. This paper critically examines a theoretical model to explore how these market partners engage in this platform organization and how their perceptions of attachment and ownership are established within the new organizational structure. The results of structural equation modeling applied to 224 Airbnb hosts indicate that attachment to a platform firm plays a vital role in achieving a sense of psychological ownership that ultimately influences citizenship behaviors toward the organization as well as toward peer hosts. The results suggest that the newly formed structure should acknowledge an establishing mechanism of attachment and psychological ownership in partnering with individual service providers in its operational management.

In this conceptual paper, using the lens of self-design we examine the relationship between consumer technology appropriation and psychological ownership, suggesting that pride plays a key and multi-faceted role. Resolving discrepancies in the literature, we propose that authentic pride operates as an antecedent of psychological ownership, while hubristic pride strengthens the effect of psychological ownership on outcomes such as economic valuation and word-of-mouth. We further enrich the conceptualization by considering the moderating effects of the technology consumption context (public versus private) as well as consumers’ perceptions of situation strength (strong versus weak behavioral constraints).

- by Colleen Kirk
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- Digital Technology, Consumer Technology Adoption, Pride, Psychological ownership

Psychological ownership, or the feeling that something is "mine," has garnered growing attention in marketing. While previous works focuses on the positive aspects of psychological ownership, this research draws attention to the darker side of psychological ownership, territorial behavior. Results of five experimental studies demonstrate that when consumers feel psychological ownership of a target, they are prone to perceptions of infringement and subsequent territorial responses when they infer that another individual feels ownership of the same target. Potential infringers are held less accountable when they acknowledge ownership prior to engaging in otherwise threatening behaviors, and when they could not be expected to know that a target is owned, as it was not clearly marked. In addition, narcissists are subject to a psychological ownership metaperception bias, and are thus more apt than low narcissists to perceive infringement. A multitude of territorial responses are documented for both tangible (coffee, sweater, chair, pizza) and intangible (a design) targets of ownership. Further, consumers infer the psychological ownership of others from signals of the antecedents of psychological ownership: control, investment of self, and intimate knowledge. Theoretical implications for territoriality and psychological ownership are discussed, along with managerial implications and areas for future research.

- by Colleen Kirk
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- Narcissism (Psychology), Consumer Behavior, Consumer Research, Territoriality

This study explores the extent to which the theory of psychological ownership can be used to understand and design for slower consumption through two strategies: product longevity and access-based consumption. To do this we employ a qualitative study investigating objects kept, discarded and used by participants. We find that the theory is useful in informing both product longevity research and access-based consumption. Both strategies benefit from a framework in which the motives and routes to developing object attachment are discussed. Longevity decisions made by users (i.e. keeping, disposing and engaging with objects) are determined by the ability of an object to fulfill the motives in the framework. Routes can be utilized to create more meaningful paths to ownership and attachment. Access-based consumption threatens all three motives for ownership and leaves the user with little meaning. Thus the theory helps explain the consumer reluctance to adopt access-based consumption models as they currently stand.

- by Weston Baxter and +1
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- Sustainable Production and Consumption, Product Service System, Sustainable Design, Psychological ownership

Does family membership differentiate family and nonfamily top management team (TMT) members’ ownershipbased
motivations to pursue corporate entrepreneurship? We adopt the concept of psychological ownership to
answer this question. Based on a sample of 192 TMT members from 90 Korean companies, this study found that
family and nonfamily TMT members do not differ in the levels of psychological ownership of the organization or
that of the job, nor do the two groups differ in the emphasis they place on corporate entrepreneurship. Family
involvement and nepotism mitigate this relationship, but only for nonfamily TMT members. These results help
reconcile discrepant findings for family versus nonfamily TMT members’ agency and stewardship behaviors.

- by Todd Bille
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- Psychology, Quality Management, Adult Education, Project Management

Technological innovations are creating new products, services, and markets that satisfy enduring consumer needs. These technological innovations create value for consumers and firms in many ways, but they also disrupt psychological ownership-the feeling that a thing is "MINE." The authors describe two key dimensions of this technology-driven evolution of consumption pertaining to psychological ownership: (1) replacing legal ownership of private goods with legal access rights to goods and services owned and used by others and (2) replacing "solid" material goods with "liquid" experiential goods. They propose that these consumption changes can have three effects on psychological ownership: they can threaten it, cause it to transfer to other targets, and create new opportunities to preserve it. These changes and their effects are organized in a framework and examined across three macro trends in marketing: (1) growth of the sharing economy, (2) digitization of goods and services, and (3) expansion of personal data. This psychological ownership framework generates future research opportunities and actionable marketing strategies for firms aiming to preserve the positive consequences of psychological ownership and navigate cases for which it is a liability.

- by Carlos Bared
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- Psychological ownership, Tokenization, Bitcoin, Sharing Economy
- by Gary Sinclair
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- Business, Multidisciplinary, Impression Management, Psychological ownership
- by zeki uçar
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- Job Satisfaction, Psychological ownership, Leader-Member Exchange (LMX)

Psychological ownership is one of the main issues taken into account by management theorists and experts in recent years in an effort to motivate employees. In this regard, the research objectives included the identification and prioritization of antecedents and consequences of psychological ownership in public organizations. The present study is developmental in terms of objective and analytical exploratory survey in terms of methodology. In the first stage of study which was qualitative, systematic review method has been used for identification of antecedent and consequences components. For data collection and evaluation of model variables, questionnaire has been used, the validity and reliability of which had been previously confirmed. The statistical population of study included the employees working in public organizations under supervision of 16 ministries in Bushehr city, out of which 333 subjects were selected as sample through stratified random method. For analysis of collected data, structural equation modeling through AMOS software has been used. The findings showed that using precedents of this study can lead to promotion of the psychological ownership and as a consequent, the achievement of the intended consequences in the studied organizations are expected..

Drawing from psychological ownership and linguistics theories, we show that compared to a non-possessive brand name, a possessive
brand name leads to more favorable brand evaluations and purchase intentions, which is mediated by greater attributions of identity-relevant
brand attributes and moderated by whether a brand name includes an identity marker.

Her ne kadar son birkaç yılda psikolojik sahiplenme üzerine ülkemizde yapılan çalışmalar artmaya başlasa da bu konuya ilginin nispeten az olduğu söylenebilir. Bu ilgi azlığında, pek çok araştırmacının aklında neden böyle bir kavramsallaştırma yapıldığına dair soru işaretleri olmasının rolü olduğu değerlendirilmektedir. Bazı durumlarda örgütsel davranış alanında incelenen yapılar arasındaki ayrımın çizilmesinin zor olduğu ve bazı yapıların fazlalık teşkil ettiği literatürde tartışılan bir konu olmuştur. Nitekim psikolojik sahiplenme ve örgütsel davranış içerisinde ele alınan diğer kavramlar arasında nasıl bir farklılaşma olduğuna yönelik bir belirsizlik olduğu görülmektedir. Bu nedenle, akademisyenler örgütsel bağlamda psikolojik sahiplenme ile ilgili meseleleri ele almaya başlamadan önce psikolojik sahiplenme yapısının kavramsal ayırt ediciliğinin tesis edilmesi gerekmektedir. Bu çalışma ile psikolojik sahiplenmenin kavramsallaştırılmasına yönelik görülen bu eksikliği gidermek ve bu kavramın daha iyi anlaşılmasını sağlayarak ülkemizde bu konuda çalışmak isteyen araştırmacılar için bir başlangıç noktası oluşturabilmek hedeflenmektedir. Zira psikolojik sahiplenme örgütsel davranış alan yazınında incelenmeye devam edecekse bu olgunun diğerlerinden farklılaştığı noktaların net çizgilerle ayrılması gerekmektedir. Yapılan araştırma neticesinde psikolojik sahiplenmenin örgütsel davranış alanı içerisinde incelenen diğer yapılar ile ilişkili olduğu, ancak çalışanların iş ve kurumlarıyla olan psikolojik ilişkilerinin farklı bir yönünü tasvir etmesi nedeniyle bu yapıların her birinden kavramsal olarak ayırt edilebileceği sonucuna varılmıştır. Anahtar Kelimeler: Psikolojik sahiplenme, örgütsel davranış, örgütsel ortam, iş gören tutum ve davranışları, kavram fazlalığı, örgütsel bağlılık.
ABSTRACT Although studies on psychological ownership have started to increase in our country in the last few years, it can be said that the interest in this subject is relatively low. It is considered that the question that many researchers have in mind about why there is such a conceptualization affects lack of interest. It has been discussed in the literatüre that in some cases it is difficult to make a distinction between the structures studied in the field of organizational behavior and that there is a concept redundancy. The same problem arises here and there is uncertainty about how there is a distinction between psychological ownership and other concepts. Therefore, it is necessary to establish the conceptual distinctiveness of the psychological ownership structure before academics continue to address issues related to psychological ownership in an organizational context. With this study, it is aimed to overcome this gap in the national literature in the conceptualization of psychological ownership and to create a starting point for researchers who want to work on this subject in our country by providing a better understanding of this concept. Because if psychological ownership will continue to be examined in the field of organizational behavior, the points where this phenomenon differs from others should be separated with clear lines. As a result of the research, it was concluded that psychological ownership is related to other constructs examined within the field of organizational behavior, but it can be conceptually differentiated from each of these structures because it depicts a different aspect of the psychological relationships of employees with their jobs and organizations.

- by murat akarca
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- Psychological ownership

Analysts, investors and entrepreneurs have recognized the value of personal data for Internet economics. Personal data is viewed as ‘the oil’ of the digital economy. Yet, ordinary people are barely aware of this. Marketers collect personal data at minimal cost in exchange for free services. But will this be possible in the long term, especially in the face of privacy concerns? Little is known about how users really value their personal data. In this paper, we build a user-centered value theory for personal data. On the basis of a survey experiment with 1269 Facebook users, we identify core constructs that drive the value of volunteered personal data. We find that privacy concerns are less influential than expected and influence data value mainly when people become aware of data markets. In fact, the consciousness of data being a tradable asset is the single most influential factor driving willingness-to-pay for data. Furthermore, we find that people build a sense of psychological ownership for their data and hence value it more. Finally, our value theory helps to unveil market design mechanisms that will influence how personal data markets thrive: First, we observe a majority of users become reactant if they are consciously deprived of control over their personal data; many drop out of the market. We therefore advice companies to consider user-centered data control tools to have them participate in personal data markets. Second, we find that in order to create scarcity in the market, centralized IT architectures (reducing multiple data copies) may be beneficial.

- by Sarah Spiekermann
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- Privacy, Psychological ownership, Data Protection

This research examines the impact of nonconscious goal activation on investors’ feelings of psychological ownership of their investment choices. An initial experiment finds that psychological ownership is greater when an investment choice is incongruent with a nonconsciously-activated financial goal. Consistent with the notion that psychological ownership engenders self-enhancement motivation, ownership is also positively associated with word-of-mouth intentions. However, two additional experiments show that these effects are attenuated when an investor’s decision process focuses on deciding in the “right way” (versus focusing on making the “best choice”). Findings across all studies support an integrative perspective on theories of psychological ownership and regulatory engagement: When individuals overcome personal resistance by choosing an option that is incongruent with a nonconscious goal, they experience greater feelings of engagement, which in turn lead to enhanced feelings of psychological ownership of the chosen option and greater word-of-mouth intentions.

- by Colleen Kirk and +1
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- Financial Risk Management, Psychological ownership, Nonconscious Priming, Nonconscious Processing
- by Zeki Ucar
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- Job Satisfaction, Psychological ownership, Leader-Member Exchange (LMX)

"Participation always has three aspects: physical, legal and cognitive - related to the cognitive structures of persons involved in participative behavior. The trouble of proving the effects of participation lies in the mismatch between the three aspects. In economic studies we usually rely on the physical or legal aspects and real participation's consequences can hardly be measured, as they do not necessarily coincide with the declarations. In our studies, we decided to construct a formal model of ownership, assuming that the relation „A owns B” is only one of 10 similar relations on a spectrum from „A is a part of B” - greatest involvement to „A does not know about B” - the least involvement. Participation in management may be described by means of this model as various instances of „ownership spectrum” where „A” and „B” take different values of: a person, an institution, a community, a group, an object (material, energetic, informational, purchasing).
Once formalized we can view the studies in participation from one, system theory point of view, and formulate the hypotheses related to both aspects of ownership as it is revealed in a variety of participation forms. In our studies we have applied multiple measures of both participation and effectiveness. We measured various aspects of organization functioning, we also asked employees to fill in questionnaires related to their perception of various forms of participation. We also conducted similar studies in non-profit organization, where there is no possibility of legal ownership, yet different levels of cognitive ownership may be noticed. The possible consequences of this approach to participation for future research and managerial practice will be presented."

This research examines the effect of a contagion threat on consumers' social connectedness. Across two experiments, we show that when consumers are near others in public places during a pandemic (but not before or after), they psychologically distance themselves by perceiving lower social connectedness. This reduction in social connectedness is higher when consumers have more (vs. less) psychological ownership of the public place (Study 1). Further, the negative effect of psychological ownership on social connectedness found during (but not after) a pandemic is attenuated when consumers do not believe the disease is a severe threat to their own health (Study 2). We examine downstream effects by illustrating that both individual psychological ownership and social connectedness contribute to collective psychological ownership, which in turn enhances stewardship of the public place. The interacting effects of a contagion threat and psychological ownership on stewardship are not explained by territorial infringement, self-esteem, perceived crowding, positive or negative affect, hope or nostalgia.

- by Colleen Kirk and +1
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- Consumer Behavior, Psychological ownership, Contagion, COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Research in judgment and decision making generally ignores the distinction between factual and subjective feelings of ownership, tacitly assuming that the two correspond closely. The present research suggests that this assumption might be usefully reexamined. In two experiments on the endowment effect we examine the role of subjective ownership by independently manipulating factual ownership (i.e., what participants were told about ownership) and physical possession of an object. This allowed us to disentangle the effects of these two factors, which are typically confounded. We found a significant effect of possession, but not of factual ownership, on monetary valuation of the object. Moreover, this effect was mediated by participants’ feelings of ownership, which were enhanced by the physical possession of the object. Thus, the endowment effect did not rely on factual ownership per se but was the result of subjective feelings of ownership induced by possession of the object. It is ...

- by Jochen Reb
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- Marketing, Psychology, Cognitive Science, Decision Making
- by zeki uçar
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- Job Satisfaction, Psychological ownership, Leader-Member Exchange (LMX)

Does family membership differentiate family and nonfamily top management team (TMT) members’ ownership-based motivations to pursue corporate entrepreneurship? We adopt the concept of psychological ownership to answer this question. Based on a sample of 192 TMT members from 90 Korean companies, this study found that family and nonfamily TMT members do not differ in the levels of psychological ownership of the organization or that of the job, nor do the two groups differ in the emphasis they place on corporate entrepreneurship. Family involvement and nepotism mitigate this relationship, but only for nonfamily TMT members. These results help reconcile discrepant findings for family versus nonfamily TMT members’ agency and stewardship behaviors.

Objective: Our quantitative analysis examined what factors influence
pregnant women to choose a vaginal birth after a caesarean (VBAC).
Background: There is growing concern over the high rates of caesarean
section; much of the high rate is driven by repeat caesareans. A trial
of labour after a previous caesarean is an option for many women
increasingly supported by medical literature.
Methods: Survey data from 173 pregnant women who had had only
one birth by caesarean were analysed using a hierarchical binary
logistic regression model.
Results: Desire for the experience of a vaginal birth strongly predicted
choice of VBAC; however, this relationship was dampened among
women with a high (versus low) powerful others (e.g. doctors and
nurses) locus of control. Prior reason for a caesarean section and
practical factors also play a role.
Conclusion: Women may be more likely to choose VBAC if they
are encouraged to believe that they can help control the outcome,
especially if their desire for a vaginal birth experience is high.

- by Colleen Kirk and +3
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- Medical Decision Making, Psychological ownership

Understanding the idea of possession is essential for creating successful products and services, particularly in digital and access contexts. This paper examines current shortcomings in conceptualising ownership and possessions before presenting a framework for the process of developing user possession. The framework is grounded in psychological ownership theory and informed by interviews with thirteen participants. The theory considers ownership as a mental state in which users feel the object is theirs. The interviews explored this mental state under three contexts: traditional material possession, digital possession, and access-based possession. This work helps inform the meaning of possessions, and can aid designers and policy makers in how to approach the notion of designing possessions from a human-centered viewpoint.

- by Weston Baxter and +1
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- Product Service System, Ownership, Psychological ownership, Human-Centered Design