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Exploring the Theoretical Relationship Between Psychological Ownership and Career Anchors

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This chapter explores the possible role that individuals’ psychological ownership can play in their career anchors, since job satisfaction and commitment are common denominators of both constructs. The chapter will commence with a description and an explanation of career anchors and psychological ownership. The possible relationship between the seven dimensions of psychological ownership and the eight career anchors is explored to indicate possible linkages. Several propositions are developed, based on their theoretical relationship, and these propositions are illustrated in a proposed figure.

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    Chantal Olckers & Yvonne du Plessis

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Olckers, C., du Plessis, Y. (2014). Exploring the Theoretical Relationship Between Psychological Ownership and Career Anchors. In: Coetzee, M. (eds) Psycho-social Career Meta-capacities. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00645-1_9

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