TY  - GEN
AU  - Pierce, Jon L.
AU  - Rodgers, Loren
SN  - 1059-6011
AU  - Pierce, Jon L.
AU  - Rodgers, Loren
LA  - eng
CN  - ENP-dbdca39a-7295-4d76-bc75-8a52acc5a7cc
TI  - The psychology of ownership and worker-owner productivity
PY  - 2004
AB  - The theoretical and empirical linkages between employee ownership and performance are reviewed. In response to the inconsistent and inconclusive findings of a simple ownership-performance relationship, the authors revisit the conceptualization of ownership and ask how does ownership produce its performance effects. The study offers a "psychology of ownership" perspective on employee ownership, suggesting that ownership be thought of as a dual creation-part an objective and part a psychological state. In response to the question "how" does ownership produce its performance effects, a detailed model is presented that depicts a within-individual, self-esteem-based motivational effect explanation for the ownership-performance relationship.
ER  -