Abstract
Psychological ownership is a phenomenon in which people develop possessive feelings for a specific target without legal ownership. It might be developed toward the organization or job itself in an organizational context. This study aims to understand organization-based psychological ownership in-depth, whether it can be used as a tool to foster desired outcomes, and how employees perceive the concept and their observations at work perceived effects of COVID-19 pandemic on organization based psychological ownership. Findings from in-depth interviews with 10 full-time employees in Turkey include definition, antecedents, and consequences of psychological ownership, possessions at work, perceived changes due to pandemic and management practices. The results show that organization-based psychological ownership can be used as a tool to increase job performance, productivity and foster extra-role behavior in organizations. This study intends to provide insight into Humans Resources and top management practices by listing the encouraging and discouraging factors related to psychological ownership.
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