Resumen de Investigation of effective factors in psychological ownership (case study Tejarat bank branches in tehran city)
Mohammad Reza Rezaei, Malikeh Beheshtifar
The present study aims to explore the effective factors in psychological ownership of bank staff; this is a case study conducted in 2017 regarding Tejarat Bank branches in the city of Tehran in Iran. This research was performed using descriptive studies and correlation method in a statistical population consisting of 270 people, 160 of whom were selected as study sample by Morgan table and multi-stage cluster sampling. Data collection was done using Psychological Ownership Questionnaire, Work Engagement Scale, Personal Trust Questionnaire and Self-Awareness Scale with validities of 0.93, 0.91, 0.92 and 0.88, respectively. Also Cronbach’s alpha method was used to calculate the reliabilities of these questionnaires, which were respectively 0.90, 0.89, 0.85 and 0.86. Amos and SPSS softwares were used for data analysis. The obtained results showed that work engagement has a positive and significant effect on psychological ownership of bank staff and the component of job-based psychological ownership of employees, but work engagement has no effect on organization-based psychological ownership. Personal trust has a positive and significant effect on psychological ownership of bank staff and the component of job-based psychological ownership of employees, but personal trust has no effect on organization-based psychological ownership. Also self-awareness has a positive and significant effect on psychological ownership of bank staff and the component of job-based psychological ownership of employees, but self-awareness has no effect on organization-based psychological ownership. Personal trust, self-awareness and work engagement have the most impact on psychological ownership. Therefore, it is recommended to attempt to increase work engagement, personal trust and self-awareness of employees in order to enhance the sense of psychological ownership in bank staff.
