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Consumers and marketers often post photos of experiential consumption online. While prior research has studied how human presence in social media images impacts viewers' responses, the findings are mixed. The present research advances the current understanding by incorporating viewers' need for self-identity into their response model. Six studies, including an analysis of field data (14,725 Instagram photos by a top travel influencer) and five controlled experiments, find that the presence (vs. absence) of another human in the photo of an identity-relevant experience (e.g. a vacation, a wedding) can lower viewers' liking and preference for the venue (i.e. the vacation destination, the wedding venue) in the photo. This effect is mediated by viewers' feelings of others' ownership of the venue and moderated by the relevance of the experience to the viewer's self-identity as well as the distinctiveness of the human in the photo. This research is the first to investigate the impact of human presence in shared photos through the lens of psychological ownership and the identity-signaling function of ownership. The findings offer practical insights into when marketers should avoid human presence in advertisements and how to mitigate the negative impact of human presence in online photos. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Owners value heritage goods, items that connect them to a shared past, whether through their alma mater or their family history. This research considers the impact of heritage on owners who wish to sell such goods. In five studies, the authors demonstrate that sellers have a lower willingness to accept when selling heritage goods to buyers with a shared heritage connection relative to buyers without this connection (i.e., a heritage discount). This heritage discount cannot be explained by ingroup favoritism, sentimental value, or appropriateness of buyer usage and persists even when sellers perceive that the buyer has a higher willingness to pay. The authors provide process evidence that the effect of the buyer's identity on the seller's willingness to accept is driven by concerns about heritage loss. The findings contribute to literatures on sharing, sentimental goods, psychological ownership, and the endowment effect and have marketing implications for consumer goods (e.g., collectibles) that derive product value by connecting consumers to meaningful history and traditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Empowering customers through participation is known to enhance brand promotion. A popular strategy involves asking customers to vote on marketing communication tactics, which activates empowerment effects through increased psychological ownership. Prior research has found that while winning voters experience empowerment effects, losing voters report lower psychological ownership, product evaluations, and demand. In this research, through four studies we develop and test a parsimonious common customer identity framework to understand and reduce the effects of losing. This research advances marketing communication theory by highlighting the distinctive processes underlying the empowerment versus losing effect and demonstrating the value of engaging losing voters by enhancing intergroup interdependence through the activation of cooperative mindsets. Specifically, the study identifies that framing a voting event as a collaborative (versus competitive) effort is effective in mitigating the losing effect, particularly among those with high self–brand connection. Therefore, this research offers managerial implications on managing empowerment strategies, which is potentially generalizable to other marketing communication channels involving customer participation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A circular economy is a "closed-loop" system designed so that products flow back into the production cycle after use. With many companies implementing take-back programs as part of their sustainability strategy, a fundamental shift in consumption has occurred, with consumers considering disposal during and even before purchase decision making. Eight experiments reveal that consumers indicate a greater willingness to pay for circular program products. An increase in psychological ownership underlies the difference in product valuation. Specifically, the additional disposal control uniquely afforded by circular products increases the capacity of circular take-back program products to evoke psychological ownership. The process explanation is directly tested through mediation. Experimentally manipulating antecedents of psychological ownership (i.e., disposal control and psychological ownership) provides further support for the conceptual framework. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Prior research has found that consumers who perceive themselves to be members of a brand community are more likely to help the brand recover from a transgression, particularly when they feel psychological ownership of the community. We examine whether consumers are also more likely to help when they perceive that the brand is a member, and therefore a co-owner, of the brand community. We find that perceptions of brand membership in the community increase the likelihood to help after a transgression via perceptions of the brand as a co-owner of the community and brand forgiveness. This suggests that brands perceived as members and co-owners of their communities benefit from protections derived from both ingroup favouritism and expectations of group reciprocity. These relationships are strengthened when the brand is perceived as an active community member through the visibility, but not necessarily the quality, of its interactions with the community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Coaching leadership greatly impacts athletes' mental health and wellbeing. Although research shows a positive link between authentic leadership and athlete satisfaction, studies on specific subdimensions are limited. This study examines the influence of authentic leadership on athlete engagement and performance, utilizing a conditional process model to explore the mediating effects of psychological ownership and athlete engagement. A survey of 381 athletes (274 male, 107 female; M age = 19.98; SD = 2.48) from team and individual sports found that perceived authentic leadership positively correlates with training competition satisfaction, psychological ownership, and athlete engagement. Structural equation modeling revealed that psychological ownership and athlete engagement significantly mediate this relationship. Thus, authentic leadership directly and indirectly enhances athletes' satisfaction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: Over the past decade, artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have rapidly advanced organizational management, with many organizations adopting AI-based algorithms to enhance employee management efficiency. However, there remains a lack of sufficient empirical research on the specific impacts of these algorithmic management practices on employee behavior, particularly the potential negative effects. To address this gap, this study constructs a model based on the psychological ownership theory, aiming to investigate how algorithmic management affects employees' knowledge hiding. Design/methodology/approach: This study validates the model through a situational experiment and a multi-wave field study involving full-time employees in organizations implementing algorithmic management. Various analytical methods, including analysis of variance, regression analysis and path analysis, were used to systematically test the hypotheses. Findings: The study reveals that algorithmic management exerts a positive indirect influence on knowledge hiding through the psychological ownership of personal knowledge. This effect is particularly pronounced when employees have lower organizational identification, highlighting the critical role of organizational culture in the effectiveness of technological applications. Originality/value: This study is among the first empirical investigations to explore the relationship between algorithmic management and employee knowledge hiding from an individual perception perspective. By applying psychological ownership theory, it not only addresses the current theoretical gap regarding the negative effects of algorithmic management but also provides new theoretical and empirical support for the governance and prevention of knowledge hiding within organizations in the context of AI algorithm application. The study highlights the importance of considering employee psychology (i.e. psychological ownership of personal knowledge) and organizational culture (i.e. organizational identification) under algorithmic management. This understanding aids organizations in better managing knowledge risks while maximizing technological advantages and effectively designing organizational change strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the increasing availability of life-saving vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, government agencies face the challenge of promoting vaccine uptake. Thus, encouraging vaccine uptake marks an urgent policy challenge in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. This study builds on the theory of psychological ownership to design a behaviorally inspired local government vaccination campaign. We conducted a large-scale, cluster-randomized field experiment (N = 27,298 residents nested in 6,442 addresses) delivered to all registered residents of a German municipality via an official mailing campaign. The campaign included a psychological ownership intervention designed to boost residents' intentions to get vaccinated – measured through unique link clicks on a municipal website where people can schedule a COVID-19 vaccination appointment. Findings suggest that adding possessive pronouns (i.e., 'YOUR vaccination') increases vaccination intentions by 39%, or 2.5 percentage points (p < 0.0001 [95% CI = 1.8%, 3.3%], control letter: 6.4%, treatment letter: 8.9%). The discussion outlines the value of using psychological ownership-based nudge interventions to increase vaccine uptake and other desirable behaviors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In today's highly competitive and complex market environment, enhancing adaptability has become essential for the sustainable development of enterprises. Job crafting, an important strategy for strengthening a company's core competitiveness, has garnered increasing attention in recent years. However, previous studies have often overlooked its antecedent variables and mechanisms. This study draws on social exchange theory and equity theory to examine how procedural justice influences the cross-level pathways of job crafting. Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) was employed to analyze data from 76 companies and 1049 employees. The results demonstrate that procedural justice significantly and positively impacts employee job crafting. Additionally, organizational psychological ownership mediates the relationship between procedural justice and job crafting at a cross-level, while high-performance work systems positively moderate the link between organizational psychological ownership and job crafting. These findings reveal a novel pathway for enhancing employee job crafting and offer practical insights for corporate management. Companies should focus on fostering an environment characterized by procedural justice and which promotes organizational psychological ownership to encourage job-crafting behaviors. Moreover, attention should be given to the effectiveness of organizational psychological ownership and to the moderating role of high-performance work systems in this process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Work alienation, driven by powerlessness, meaninglessness, social isolation, and self-estrangement, negatively affects job performance and wellbeing. Yet it remains under-researched. This paper elaborates on alienation theory by exploring it in a novel context – employee-owned firms – and contributes to employee ownership, psychosocial work environment, and employee relations literature. Based on interviews with 33 employees, we reveal structural, psychological, and cultural characteristics that suppress alienation. Psychological and structural empowerment create perceptions of powerfulness. Psychological ownership, effort-reward balance, and prosocial values provide meaningfulness. Community, equality, and inclusive discourse lead to belonging, while personal development, ethic of care, and authenticity drive self-realization. Since these characteristics need not be exclusive to co-ownership, the study provides insights to conventional firms on how to foster organisational belonging. A further contribution to theory and practice is our identification of tensions inherent in co-ownership, arising from information sharing, decision-making, distributive justice, and organi-zational citizenship behaviour, that inadvertently drive alienation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: With the increasing turnover intention worldwide, psychological ownership is gaining traction. Considering the significance of the same for the development and growth of an organization, this paper explores the mechanism to promote psychological ownership and how generational differences contribute to the same. Design/methodology/approach: A questionnaire was designed and circulated to 1450 employees covering Generation X, Y, and Z. A total of 378 usable responses were received and subjected to Process Macro Model 7 to test seven hypotheses. SPSS was used to test the reliability and validity of the dataset, and RStudio was used for the Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Findings: The findings supported the moderated mediation model between psychological ownership (PO) and psychological availability (PA). Here, meaningfulness (MN) was the mediator, and age was the moderator. The paper suggests that Generation Z experiences significantly lower psychological ownership (PO) and psychological availability (PA) compared to their elder colleagues. The indirect effect of PA on PO through meaningfulness was significant for all generations, and the generational transition also introduced significant changes. Originality/value: This is the first study to examine the generational differences in psychological ownership among employees. Accordingly, this research adds to the organizational development literature and suggests that human resource managers design customized interventions for promoting psychological availability. Also, the organization needs to maintain demographic diversity to facilitate learning and development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, I report the results of an experiment that considers how inexperienced auditors respond to work division and whether they respond to work differently when they divide it with technology instead of a colleague. Although work division may benefit audit efficiency and effectiveness, prior research suggests potentially worse performance when auditors divide work with their colleagues. However, the underlying mechanisms driving these adverse effects are unclear. Likewise, it is unclear whether findings extend to settings where auditors divide work with technology instead of their colleagues. Using a 3 × 1 between‐subjects experiment that uses accounting students as proxies for inexperienced auditors, I find significantly worse performance when auditors divide work with a colleague compared with when they divide work with a technological tool or complete work independently. Additional analysis indicates that work division indirectly impacts performance through engagement, as experimental participants were less likely to engage with their work when it involved a colleague compared with when it involved technology or themselves. This study contributes by documenting how work division affects auditor performance, particularly how inexperienced auditors respond to work division involving technology compared with when involving a human colleague. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines the effect of employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) on tunnelling transactions. ESOPs unite employees in the common financial interest and psychological sense of ownership, which increases the willingness and ability of employees to monitor managerial opportunism and reduce tunnelling transactions between related parties. Moreover, the results show that information disclosure and internal control may be possible channels through which ESOPs affect tunnelling. In addition, the deterrent effect of ESOPs on tunnelling is more pronounced for firms with weaker managerial power, weaker external corporate governance mechanisms, non-SOEs, and firms outside the high-tech industry. Fundamentally, the study provides novel evidence of the governance effect of ESOPs on corporate tunnelling transactions. It reveals not only a power tug-of-war between employees and management but also a substitution effect between informal institutions (i.e. employee governance) and formal corporate governance mechanisms, providing important insights into possible ways to address the global issue of tunnelling. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The impact of a firm's origins on its strategic decision‐making has attracted scholarly attention in recent years. Focusing on firms' origins, this paper explores the relationship between the privatization of state‐owned enterprises (SOEs) and family business internationalization. Based on data from listed family businesses in China from 2003 to 2022, we find that compared to entrepreneurial family businesses, restructured family businesses have a lower internationalization degree. Moreover, high trade policy uncertainty strengthens the negative relationship between the privatization of SOEs and family business internationalization, while high family involvement plays a weakening role. Several robustness tests later, the findings remain valid. This study introduces the firm's origin as a vital determinant, which may contribute to the prior studies on family business internationalization. Besides, this paper complements research on the economic consequences of the privatization of SOEs in China. Finally, this paper may help Chinese family businesses actively participate in the international cycle to achieve competitive advantage and high‐quality development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines if, how, and when workplace spirituality promotes employee ethical voice. Specifically, it tests a mediated moderation model with psychological ownership as a mediator of the relationship between workplace spirituality and ethical voice, and moral identity internalization as a moderator of this indirect relationship. The hypothesized model was tested on two different samples from the IT (Study 1) and Hotel industry (Study 2). Study 1 adopted a cross-sectional time-lagged design to test the proposed hypotheses while Study 2 used a more robust longitudinal cross-lagged design to validate the results of Study 1. The conceptual model was tested using structural equation modeling (SEM) and the results established a direct as well as an indirect effect of workplace spirituality on ethical voice via psychological ownership. However, moral identity internalization failed to moderate the effect of workplace spirituality on ethical voice through psychological ownership in both studies. The results established that workplace spirituality stimulates ethical voice through psychological ownership irrespective of the moral identity of employees. The study identifies workplace spirituality as a novel and significant predictor of ethical voice in organizations and advances the understanding of the psychological processes and contingencies of this relationship. Implications for theory and practice are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In recent years, the phenomenon of “exquisite poverty” has become prevalent among the younger generation, reflecting the diversity of contemporary social values. “Exquisitely poor” refers to people with high consumption demands but limited financial resources, who pursue a tasteful lifestyle but cannot splurge like the wealthy. The aim of this study is to explore the consumption behavioral intentions and psychological motivations of Generation Z in the social media environment. In this study, we propose a theoretical model; we believe that the scarcity mindset of social attention will trigger social comparison behavior. Narcissistic admiration plays a mediating role. Psychological ownership also has a mediating effect between social comparison and behavioral intention. We collected 323 valid samples, including 284 samples from college students. The results of our study show that narcissistic admiration partially mediates between scarcity mindset and social comparison, while psychological ownership fully mediates between social comparison and behavioral intention. Overall, the aim of this study is to make up for the lack of integrated research on social media and the exquisite poverty phenomenon in the existing literature. The results not only provide theoretical contributions but also offer a new perspective for understanding the consumption behavior of the younger generation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the last few years, there has been a shift in consumer behavior toward companies adopting sustainability practices, but luxury hoteliers have not been proactive in adopting such practices. This research investigates the critical factors that impact consumers’ pro-environmental consumption behavior toward luxury hotels. In Study 1, data was collected using projective techniques (n = 46), and in Study 2, an online questionnaire-based survey (n = 272) was conducted with users of luxury hotels. Broadly, the results of Study 1 indicate that consumers associate sustainable luxury hotels with environment-friendly practices, and prefer them over others to experience guilt-free consumption. The results of Study 2 show that pro-environmental values of consumers impact their consumption behavior, both directly and indirectly through pro-environmental self-identity, psychological ownership, environmental certification, and marketer-generated content. The study contributes to the literature by identifying key factors impacting pro-environmental behavior using psychological ownership and cue utilization theories in the luxury hospitality field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

I identify a hitherto unrecognized contribution of labor to production stemming from an innate sense of psychological ownership of the fruits of one's labor. This is rooted in the consciousness accompanying all human activities and is distinct from legal ownership. Consciousness is inalienable; it cannot be contracted on. Labor's psychological ownership generates quasi-rents, which can be appropriated by capitalist firms with market power. Monopsony power, now empirically seen to be ubiquitous in labor markets, has more serious efficiency and equity consequences than recognized. In a neoclassical framework, I also show why labor is uniquely vulnerable to exploitation—reconciling it with Marxian views. If capitalist owners are taken to be unaware of their workers' psychological ownership, this exploitation occurs even in competitive labor markets. JEL Classification: P12, J22, J3, J42, D41 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Homestay-based tourism is fraught with the challenge of what may prompt tourists to behave sustainably. Current research argues that tourists' sustainable behaviours can be a function of the psychological ownership they experience towards the homestays. By applying the tenets of psychological ownership theory, this study also theorizes the predictors of psychological ownership towards the homestays. Data collected from homestay tourists in the rural Himalayan region is employed to test the hypotheses. Results reveal that tourists' perceived control over homestays, their intimate knowledge, and self-investment during interactions with the homestays predict psychological ownership towards homestays which further explains tourists' loyalty towards the homestays, a sense of localism, and pro-environmental behaviours representing the economic, social, and environmental dimensions of sustainable behaviours, respectively. This study demonstrates psychological ownership towards the homestays as a novel mechanism for sustainable tourist behaviours and establishes the routes to this state while broadening the scope of psychological ownership theory in tourism literature. On practical implications, this research lays down the markers that marketers can employ to design corresponding behavioural interventions aimed at stimulating tourists' psychological ownership towards the homestays and thereby augment sustainable behaviours. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective To investigate the current status of occupational insecurity among ICU nurses in China, reveal its diversity and heterogeneity, and provide scientific evidence for improving nursing quality and promoting the professional development of nurses. Methods In 2023, by a convenience sampling method, 1 500 ICU nurses from 24 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions in China were surveyed online using the Occupational Insecurity Scale, Psychological Ownership Scale, and Team Positive Emotion Climate Scale. Mplus 8.3 software was used to explore latent profiles of occupational insecurity; SPSS 24.0 software was used to construct multinomial logistic regression models to analyze the influencing factors of different types of occupational insecurity. Results A total of 1 437 valid questionnaires were collected with an effective response rate of 95.8%. The median and 25th to 75th percentile [M（P25, P75）] of the total occupational insecurity score was 29.0 (18.0, 37.0) points, with quality job insecurity at 18.0 (10.0, 23.0) points and quantity job insecurity at 11.0 (6.0, 16.0) points. The psychological ownership score was 44.0 (39.0, 49.0) points, and the team positive emotion climate score was 34.0 (31.0, 40.0) points. Four latent profile types of occupational insecurity were identified, including the low (513 cases, 36.3%), the moderate (654 cases, 43.6%), the high (92 cases, 6.9%), and the mixed (178 cases, 13.3%). Logistic regression analysis showed that among nurses with low occupational insecurity: (1) for each 1 -point increase in team positive emotion climate score, the occurrence risk of moderate, high, and mixed occupational insecurity decreased to 0.850, 0.926, and 0.862 times, respectively (P < 0.01); (2) for each 1-point increase in psychological ownership score, the occurrence risk of moderate occupational insecurity decreased to 0.958 times (P < 0.01); (3) compared to nurses aged ≤ 25, the nurses aged 36-45 or ≥ 46 w had 3.387 and 3.707 times higher risk of experiencing moderate occupational insecurity, respectively (P < 0.05); (4) compared to nurses with the title "Nurse," those with the title "Nursing Team Leader" had 1.981 and 2.458 times higher risk of experiencing moderate or mixed occupational insecurity, respectively (P < 0.01); (5) compared to married nurses, divorced nurses had a 0.354 times lower risk of experiencing mixed occupational insecurity (P < 0.05); (6) compared to nurses with the title "Nurse," those with the titles "Nurse Practitioner," "Nurse-in-charge," and "Associate Chief Nurse and above" had 0.370, 0.101, and 0.101 times lower risk of experiencing mixed occupational insecurity, respectively (P < 0.05). Conclusions ICU nurses in China had high levels of occupational insecurity, influenced by multiple factors. Effective interventions and improvements should comprehensively cover individual, organizational, and social aspects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

• Social exchange-based employment relationship can be an effective way to facilitate employee safety performance. • Social exchange-based employment relationship develops employees' safety risk perception, psychological ownership of safety promotion, and safety communication. • The effect of social exchange-based employment relationship can be enhanced when management commit to organizational safety goals. Introduction: The global occupational accident situation remains severe. As enhancing employee safety performance constitutes a crucial part of accident prevention and safety management, the study aims to examine, from an employment relationship perspective, the cognitive, motivational, and behavioral mechanisms through which employee-organization exchange (EOX), as a social exchange type of employment relationship, can affect employee safety performance. Method: Data were collected from 672 subordinates and their immediate 100 supervisors in three large manufacturing firms in Guangdong province, China. Results: The results shows that: (1) EOX has a positive effect on employees' safety risk perception, psychological ownership of safety promotion, and safety communication; (2) safety risk perception, psychological ownership of safety promotion and safety communication (as cognitive, motivational and behavioral mechanisms) mediate the relationship between EOX and safety performance (both safety compliance and safety participation); and (3) management commitment to safety moderates the direct effect of EOX on safety risk perception, psychological ownership of safety promotion, and safety communication, and its indirect effect on two forms of safety performance via the three mediating mechanisms. The moderating effect and moderated indirect effect are stronger when management commits more to safety. The study contributes to the employee safety literature. Practical Applications : Employers should establish a long-term oriented social exchange relationship with their employees for effective safety management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper evaluates economies of scale and scope, and the merger effect among national universities in Japan. We apply SUR for the total translog cost function in FY2014 and FY2018. The main results are: (i) there exist economies of scale as a whole university; (ii) but there exist no clear economies of scope except for in research; (iii) there are cost saving effects with mergers among single colleges, but not in the case of mergers of general universities and medical colleges, (iv) both the costs of a public and a private university are higher than those of a national university. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Given the limited research that recognizes volunteers as significant workforce assets and sources of human capital in rural communities, this study investigated how rural festival volunteers' motivation, psychological ownership, and community involvement impact their support of community development. A sample of 373 volunteers from 12 rural festivals in Iowa, Michigan, and Kansas revealed significant relationships among variables that foster community support. In particular, three motivation factors – value, social, and enhancement – were found to significantly influence psychological ownership, which sequentially influenced community involvement and support. This study provides unique insight into volunteers' roles in rural communities, highlighting psychological ownership as a significant mediating factor from a community capitals perspective. Results suggest that rural festival organizers should be advised to collaborate with community developers to attract and motivate volunteers. These entities may be most successful in rural community development by fostering a strong sense of psychological ownership, building community involvement, and developing support networks among rural festival volunteers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study takes psychological ownership as a mediating variable and uncivilized behavior control as a regulating variable between psychological ownership and knowledge sharing behaviors in order to explore the relationship between social capital and knowledge sharing among consumers in virtual communities. Questionnaires are used in this paper which show that structural capital, cognitive capital, and relational capital have a positive impact on psychological ownership, that psychological ownership has a positive impact on knowledge sharing among consumers, that psychological ownership plays a partial mediating role in the relationship between social capital and knowledge sharing among consumers, and that uncivilized behavior control plays a regulating role in the quality of psychological ownership and knowledge sharing. The conclusions have important theoretical significance for deepening the theory of knowledge sharing among consumers and psychological ownership. It is suggested that enterprise managers promote consumers' participation in virtual community activities by regulating their psychological ownership and applying appropriate uncivilized behavior control measures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Preschool teachers' work engagement plays a positive role in their own professional development, children's physical and mental health growth and the construction of high-quality preschool education public service system. A total number of 596 kindergarten teachers were polled using the Inclusive Leadership Scale, the Work Engagement Questionnaire, the Perceived Organizational Support Scale, and the Psychological Ownership Scale in order to examine the intrinsic influence mechanism between inclusive leadership style and kindergarten teachers' work engagement. The survey's findings revealed that: In general, the inclusive level of kindergarten managers, work engagement, perception of organizational support, and psychological ownership were in the middle to upper levels; inclusive leadership style, kindergarten teachers' perceptions of organizational support, psychological ownership, and work engagement were all significantly positively correlated; and perception of organizational support and psychological ownership played a full mediating role between work engagement and psychological ownership. To improve the work engagement level of kindergarten teachers, organizations should focus on developing inclusive managers, raising their inclusivity level, fostering an inclusive culture, igniting teachers' passion for their work, fortifying organizational support, enhancing teachers' perceptions of organizational support, and constructing psychological ownership to bolster teachers' sense of accountability and belonging.

This study explores the impact of touch screen technology on users' sense of control and psychological ownership of electronic payment services. Through an examination of the influence of touch interface during transactions, this study investigates how enhancing feelings of influence and authority can increase motivation to reuse payment services. Dual surveys were conducted, revealing that increased touch input for the transaction amount enhances feelings of influence, which in turn augments the sense of authority. Additionally, the study found that the sense of belonging resulting from panel touch increases motivation for repeat transactions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite childhood experiences' significant role in the pro-environmental behaviour of adults, this issue has insufficiently been addressed within the tourism and recreation context. The current study investigates how childhood nature-based recreation experiences (CHNREs) affect adults' pro-environmental behaviours (PEBs) in nature-based recreation through connectedness to nature, psychological ownership, and environmental knowledge. It also explores the mediating role of psychological ownership in the relationship between connectedness to nature and environmental knowledge with adults' PEBs in nature-based recreation. The study's population included young domestic Iranian visitors to natural sites, and 503 online questionnaires were analyzed employing structural equation modelling AMOS-SEM. The findings showed a significant positive influence of childhood experience on adult PEBs and supported the mediating role of the two variables: connectedness to nature and environmental knowledge. Despite the significant positive impact of environmental knowledge and connectedness to nature on psychological ownership, the mediating role of this variable in the relationship between environmental knowledge and connectedness to nature with PEBs was not supported. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: Knowledge hiding in organizations is perceived as counterproductive knowledge behavior that is negatively related to employees creativity and job performance, but positively affect workplace deviance and turnover intention. The extent to which knowledge hiding develops is largely determined by personal characteristics and the work environment. However, there is a lack of research on the relationship between individual intellectual capital and knowledge hiding. This study aims to investigate the underlying mediation and moderation mechanisms of the relationship between individual human capital and knowledge hiding. The study explores the mediating role of pressure of helping others and negative emotions, and the moderating role of perceived organizational politics. Design/methodology/approach: The data were collected in two waves, in January and February 2024, from 424 Polish employees with high intellectual capital. Partial least squares path modeling was used to test the research hypotheses. Findings: Individual human capital is positively related to the pressure of helping others and negatively related to negative emotions. Pressure of helping others mediates the relationship between individual human capital and knowledge hiding. Contrary to expectations, negative emotions do not mediate the relationship between the pressure of helping others and knowledge hiding. The interaction of individual human capital and perceived organizational politics is positively related to knowledge hiding. Practical implications: To decrease knowledge hiding, managers should promote meritocracy in the organization and reduce employees' behaviors that are selfish and based on political games. Employees with high human capital should be provided with support to relieve the pressure of helping others and the negative emotions which are associated with the pressure of helping others. Originality/value: Based on psychological ownership and reactance theories, to the best of the author's knowledge, this study is the first to explore the relationships between individual human capital and knowledge hiding. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines tourists' experiences related to guest-host interactions and their role in the development of tourists' psychological ownership to mitigate the attitude-behavior gaps in sustainable cultural tourism. Although previous studies have acknowledged the antecedents of psychological ownership and their potential to mitigate such gaps, the process of developing these antecedents and mechanisms through which they foster psychological ownership remain unclear. In the context of cultural tourism, guest-host interactions with locals is the key expectation and experience among tourists. Studying whether and how guest-host interactions contribute to psychological ownership development is meaningful for cultural tourism providers to design products or services for better tourist experiences and sustainable tourism behaviors. Based on a field study, including in-depth interviews and observations, our findings revealed that activities, such as trip consultation, knowledge sharing, and special event engagement can foster increased knowledge, perceived control, self-investment, and self-congruity among tourists. We argue that during the process of behavioral change toward tourism sustainability, tourism experiences generated by guest-host interactions facilitate psychological ownership development, thereby removing barriers to sustainable behaviors by mitigating tourists' attitude-behavior gap. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The proliferation of non-fungible token (NFT)-based crypto-art platforms has transformed how creators manage, own and earn money through the creation, assets and identity of their digital works. Despite this, no studies have examined the drivers of continuous content contribution behavior (CCCB) toward NFTs. Hence, this study draws on the theory of relational bonds to examine how various relational bonds affect feelings of psychological ownership, which, in turn, affects CCCB on metaverse platforms. Design/methodology/approach: Using structural equation modeling and importance-performance matrix analysis, an online survey of 434 content creators from prominent NFT platforms empirically validated the research hypotheses. Findings: Financial, structural, and social bonds positively affect psychological ownership, which in turn encourages CCCBs. The results of the importance-performance matrix analysis reveal that male content creators prioritized virtual reputation and social enhancement, whereas female content creators prioritized personalization and monetary gains. Originality/value: We examine Web 3.0 and the NFT creators' network that characterizes the governance practices of the metaverse. Consequently, the findings facilitate a better understanding of creator economy and meta-verse commerce. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Nurses' vigor at work profoundly impacts the quality of patient care. However, the determinants of nurses' vigor remain underexplored in the current nursing literature, and the mechanism through which these determinants exert their effects remains unclear. Aim: This study aimed to elucidate the mediating role of psychological ownership in linking decent work to nurses' vigor at work. Methods: A two‐wave, time‐lagged study was conducted to collect data from 289 nurses working across three hospitals in Port Said, Egypt, between March and June 2023. Data were collected using the Decent Work Scale, the Psychological Ownership Scale, the Shirom–Melamed Vigor Measure, on an Introductory Information Form. Mediation testing was performed using structural equation modeling. Results: Decent work was significantly associated with psychological ownership and vigor at work. Psychological ownership partially mediated the relationship between decent work and nurses' vigor at work. Conclusion: Decent work practices are critical in fostering nurses' vigor while working, and psychological ownership plays a mediating role in this relationship. Clinical relevance: Hospital administrators should value decent work practices, which could enhance psychological ownership, resulting in a potential improvement in nurses' vigor at work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study aims to understand the sustainable consumption behavior based on psychological ownership and social influence theory. The study used SPSS using AMOS and PROCESS SPSS Macro to determine the overall fit of the measurement model and examining the hypotheses. The study tested the relationship among self-expressiveness (SE), environmental commitment (EC), psychological ownership (PO), social influence (SI), fashion consciousness (FC), and sustainable consumption behavior (SCB) in the context of apparel. The results show that an increase in self-expressiveness and environmental commitment enhances SCB. The results of the study confirmed the mediating role of the psychological ownership and social influence on SCB. Further, the role of fashion consciousness as a moderator was established between self-expressiveness and SCB via psychological ownership. However, fashion consciousness was not found to moderate the relationship between environmental commitment on SCB via social influence. Valuable contributions were made to the marketing literature by identifying the impact of self-expressiveness and environmental commitment on the SCB. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article introduces the concept of "topic territoriality," a mechanism that governs participation in conversational spaces. When a discussion becomes prone to territorialization, individuals are more likely to claim topics (participating in discussions about topics they own as "stakeholders") and defer (reducing participation in topics owned by others). They are also more likely to patrol topic boundaries (monitoring who is participating and confronting topic "intruders"). We document the operation of topic territoriality by analyzing 112,278 conversational turns on Weibo before and after a policy that reveals users' broad geographic locations. We find that revealing these locations increased territorial behaviors, leading to more homogenous participation in conversations. Although the display of locations has improved the overall civility in language, the confrontations between stakeholders and intruders became more toxic. Our research emphasizes the impact of topic territoriality in online conversations and sheds light on the unintended consequences of social media policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study investigates the relationship between psychological ownership and organizational commitment of millennial employees working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study also examines the mediating role of job satisfaction in the effect of psychological ownership on organizational commitment. Using a data set of 255 Vietnamese millennial employees, the partial least squares-structural equation model results indicated that millennial employees had a positive perception of psychological ownership and organizational commitment during this crisis. The impact of psychological ownership on organizational commitment through the mediating role of job satisfaction is demonstrated. This study serves as a scientific reference for operational and managerial decisions in organizations with millennial employees. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]