Psychological ownership is a feeling of possession in the absence of any formal or legal claims of ownership. The aim of our research was to extend previous empirical testing psychological ownership in work settings to encompass both job-based and organization-based psychological ownership, related work attitudes and behavioral outcomes.Questionnaire data from 68 employees and their managers revealed both job-based and organization-based psychological ownership as distinct work attitudes, distinguishable from job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Psychological ownership also predicted job satisfaction and organizational commitment, and mediated the relationship between autonomy and these work attitudes. There was no support for a relationship between psychological ownership and behavioral outcomes. We conclude with a discussion of the limitations of our research and the implications of psychological ownership.

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