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Workplace spirituality and entrepreneurial behavior among employees in organizations: the role of psychological ownership

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  • Meba Tadesse Delle
  • Ethiopia Legesse Segaro

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Purpose - This study aims to understand the mechanisms through which workplace spirituality affects employees’ entrepreneurial behavior. It proposes and tests a mediation model in which psychological ownership (PO), a feeling of ownership regardless of legal ownership, mediates the relationship between workplace spirituality and employees’ entrepreneurial behavior. Design/methodology/approach - An empirical analysis was conducted with survey data collected from 351 postgraduate students who were also currently working. Structural equation modeling was applied to test the study hypotheses using Mplus software. Findings - Workplace spirituality is associated with employees’ entrepreneurial behavior, and PO fully mediates this relationship. The findings highlight that PO is the missing link that connects workplace spirituality and employees’ entrepreneurial behavior. Practical implications - This study offers organizations a new insight by showing that PO plays a key role in contributing to the entrepreneurial behavior of employees who consider themselves spiritual. Originality/value - The mechanism for the relationship between workplace spirituality and employees’ entrepreneurial behavior is explained.

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  • Meba Tadesse Delle & Ethiopia Legesse Segaro, 2023. "Workplace spirituality and entrepreneurial behavior among employees in organizations: the role of psychological ownership," Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 18(2), pages 415-438, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:jecpps:jec-10-2022-0161
    DOI: 10.1108/JEC-10-2022-0161
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