Clarifying the Relational Ties of Organizational Belonging: Understanding the Roles of Perceived Insider Status, Psychological Ownership, and Organizational Identification. (August 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Knapp, Joshua R.; Smith, Brett R.; Sprinkle, Therese A.
• Other Names: Gerhardt Megan guest-editor.; Peluchette Joy V. guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of leadership & organizational studies. Volume 21:Number 3(2014)
• Page Start: 273
• Page End: 285
• Publication Date: 2014-08
• Subjects: perceived organizational membership -- belonging -- psychological ownership -- perceived insider status -- organizational identification -- job satisfaction -- turnover intentions; Leadership -- Periodicals; Management -- Periodicals; Organization -- Periodicals; 658.4092
• DOI: 10.1177/1548051814529826
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1548-0518

Abstract

In order to clarify the roles of relational ties within the perceived organizational membership theoretical framework, we test the discriminant validity and concurrent predictive validity of perceived insider status, psychological ownership, and organizational identification. Hypotheses were tested using confirmatory factor analysis and hierarchical multiple regression for a sample of 347 workers across two industry segments. Results indicate that the constructs of interest each explain unique variance. Perceived insider status and psychological ownership were significant predictors of job satisfaction and turnover intentions, whereas organizational identification was only found to predict job satisfaction. Post hoc analyses indicate that relationship between organizational identification and turnover intentions is fully mediated by perceived insiders status and psychological ownership.