TY  - JOUR
T1  - Psychological Ownership in Organizations: A Behavioral Pathway Linking Employee Voice, Responsibility, and Workplace Performance
A1  - Randa Fawzi Almadah
JF  - Journal of Organizational Behavior Research
JO  - J Organ Behav Res
SN  - 2528-9705
Y1  - 2025
VL  - 10
IS  - 3
DO  - 10.51847/X1ZFaH07H4
SP  - 206
EP  - 218
N2  - This article explores the intricate behavioral mechanisms through which psychological ownership influences organizational dynamics, specifically by establishing a pathway that connects employee voice, responsibility, and workplace performance. Drawing on recent peer-reviewed literature, we synthesize theoretical insights to propose an original framework that elucidates how feelings of ownership foster proactive voice behaviors, heighten senses of responsibility, and ultimately enhance performance outcomes. Psychological ownership, conceptualized as a cognitive-affective state where employees perceive organizational elements as extensions of themselves, serves as a foundational construct. The framework highlights mediating roles of voice and responsibility, positing that voice acts as an initiatory behavior amplifying ownership's effects on responsibility, which in turn drives performance metrics such as productivity, innovation, and citizenship behaviors. We introduce interpretive formulas to model ownership intensity, voice activation thresholds, and performance amplification factors, providing theoretical tools for understanding these linkages. The architecture emphasizes infrastructural elements like feedback loops and layered integrations to support sustainable implementation in diverse organizational contexts. Implications for theory include advancing organization behavior models beyond traditional motivation theories, while practical architectures suggest interventions for leaders to cultivate ownership through empowerment and recognition strategies. This work contributes to business administration by offering a novel infrastructural lens on how psychological ownership orchestrates behavioral pathways, addressing gaps in linking individual perceptions to collective performance. Limitations and future research directions are discussed, emphasizing the need for contextual adaptations.
UR  - https://odad.org/article/psychological-ownership-in-organizations-a-behavioral-pathway-linking-employee-voice-responsibilit-dpdnvoz9etbrjz1
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