Flow as a mediator between psychological ownership and employees’ subjective happiness
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore flow as an underlying mechanism linking psychological ownership (PO) and subjective happiness and identify how flow affects employees’ subjective happiness. Design/methodology/approach: Two separate samples were used. Sample 1 examined the responses of 120 female spa workers. Sample 2 examined the responses of 334 male logistics technicians. Data were collected through paper-based questionnaires across two time points. Findings: PO was positively related to employees’ subjective happiness across both samples. Furthermore, PO has distinct impacts on employees’ subjective happiness through two distinct measures of flow: immersion and mastery. The authors found that immersion fully mediates the relationship between PO and employee subjective happiness in Sample 1, and mastery in Sample 2. Originality/value: This is one of the first empirical studies to examine whether and how PO increases employees’ subjective happiness. The results contribute to the literature by providing a theoretical rationale for and an empirical analysis of a model wherein flow mediates the linkage between employees’ feelings of PO and their subjective happiness.
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2019
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Authors: | Fan, Hsueh-Liang ; Hou, Sheng-Tsung ; Lin, Yu-Hui |
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Journal of Managerial Psychology. - Emerald, ISSN 0268-3946, ZDB-ID 2020283-0. - Vol. 34.2019, 7 (09.09.), p. 445-458
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Publisher: |
Emerald |
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