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Positive Psychological Interventions Aimed at Enhancing Psychological Ownership

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Theoretical Orientations and Practical Applications of Psychological Ownership

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Interventions aimed at the enhancement of positive organisational behaviours, within organisational contexts, are imperative for creating and sustaining a high-performance culture, where individual and organisational strengths are optimized and top-talent retained. Psychological ownership, one form of positive organisational behaviour, comprises of self-identity, belongingness, self-efficacy, accountability and territoriality, and is a critical factor in the enhancement of individual performance. Despite this importance, limited research exists regarding evidence-based positive psychological intervention strategies aimed at the development of psychological ownership within organisational contexts (Olckers and van Zyl in Soc Ind Res 127(2):887–901, 2016). As such, the purpose of this chapter will be to propose evidence-based intervention strategies centred on the development of self-identity, belongingness, self-efficacy, and accountability as well as the management of territorial behaviours within multi-cultural contexts from a positive psychology perspective. This chapter aims to present both the theoretical implications and practical guidelines for building psychological ownership.

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  1. Optentia Research Focus Area, School of Industrial Psychology and Human Resource Management, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa

    Llewellyn van Zyl & Leoni van der Vaart

  2. Department of Human Performance Management, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Llewellyn van Zyl

  3. Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT), Auckland, New Zealand

    Lehan Stemmet

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    Llewellyn van Zyl

  3. Optentia Research Focus Area, School of Industrial Psychology and Human Resource Management, North-West University, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa

    Leoni van der Vaart

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van Zyl, L., van der Vaart, L., Stemmet, L. (2017). Positive Psychological Interventions Aimed at Enhancing Psychological Ownership. In: Olckers, C., van Zyl, L., van der Vaart, L. (eds) Theoretical Orientations and Practical Applications of Psychological Ownership. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70247-6_7

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