The State of Psychological Ownership: Integrating and Extending a Century of Research

By J. L. Pierce, T. Kostova, Kurt T. Dirks. 2003

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Subfields: Marketing, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Counterproductive Work Behavior Among Chinese Knowledge Workers (2012, neutral): “‘Much like the overly possessive child, individuals may be unwilling to share the target of ownership with others or may feel a need to retain exclusive control over it’ (Pierce et al., 2003, p. 101).”
Moral Maturation and Moral Conation: A Capacity Approach to Explaining Moral Thought and Action (2011, background): “Pierce et al. (2003) propose that individuals hold varying levels of psychological ownership for various aspects of their environment, or what they call “targets.””
Egocentric Categorization and Product Judgment: Seeing Your Traits in What You Own (and Their Opposite in What You Don’t) (2013, background): “Next, experiment 3 extends the empirical support for the framework to include situations of psychological (vs. legal) ownership, defined as a sense of possession prior to purchase (Pierce, Kostova, and Dirks 2003).”
In Search of a Surrogate for Touch: The Effect of Haptic Imagery on Perceived Ownership (2013, background): “Pierce et al. (2003) suggest that the direct physical control of objects that is afforded by touch may be an antecedent of perceived ownership.”
Toward an Understanding of the Psychology of Stewardship (2012, background): “A sense of psychological ownership imbues individuals with the internal drive to protect that which is psychologically owned (Avey et al., 2009; Pierce et al., 2003).”
Failure or voluntary exit? Reassessing the female underperformance hypothesis (2015, background): “Ownership feelings are associated withenhancedaffectivecommitmenttowardtheownershiptarget(Aveyetal.,2009;Mayhewetal.,2007;Pendletonetal.,1998)and with a stronger intention to stay with it (Avey et al., 2009; Pierce et al., 2003; Wagner et al., 2003).”
Individual Psychological Ownership: Concepts, Evidence, and Implications for Research in Marketing (2015, positive): “In the following sections, we stick to extant construct elaboration by Pierce, Kostova, and Dirks (2001, 2003), which does not make a clear distinction between the sense of possession and the extended-self experience.”
Access-Based Services as Substitutes for Material Possessions: The Role of Psychological Ownership (2020, background): “Possession largely stems from a sense of having altered the environment and causing something to happen (Pierce, Kostova, and Dirks 2003).”
Transformational leadership, employee engagement and performance: Mediating effect of psychological ownership (2011, background): “Psychological ownership can be measured, developed and invested in individuals; this study shows citizenship behavior support through dimensions of self efficacy, belongings, self identity and accountability (Pierce et al., 2003).”
Why and when do people hide knowledge? (2013, background): “Psychological ownership can satisfy an individual's efficacy and effectance needs (Pierce et al., 2003).”
Territoriality in Organizations (2005, background): “Pierce et al. (2001, 2003) argue that psychological ownership has its “roots” in three fundamental human drives that provide the reasons for why individuals experience psychological ownership.”