Psychological Ownership: How Having Control Matters

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 869-895

  Liu, Jun ^a   Wang, Hui ^b   Hui, Chun ^c   Lee, Cynthia ^d,e  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Organization based self esteem; Perceived control; Power distance; Psychological ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862546025     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2011.01028.x     Document Type: Article

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