Authentic Followership and Psychological Ownership

December 3, 2025

Authentic Followership and Psychological Ownership

Roderick D. Dailey | 2019

Abstract

The study explored the relationship between authentic followership and psychological ownership. Although research about authentic followership has developed, psychological ownership research has expanded. This quantitative research study used the Authentic Followership Profile Instrument developed and validated by VanWhy (2015) and the Psychological Ownership developed by Avey and Avolio (2007). The relationship between authentic followership and psychological ownership was analyzed utilizing Pearson correlation analysis from a sample size of 175 participants from 9 regions in the United States. Twenty hypotheses were presented to assess the research question: What is the relationship between authentic followership and psychological ownership? The results showed a positive, moderate, and significant relationship between the dimensions of authentic followership, including internalized moral perspective, relational transparency, self-awareness, and psychological ownership, and the dimensions of psychological ownership, including territoriality, self-efficacy, accountability, sense of belongingness, and self-identify. The findings of the research contributed to the developing body of knowledge about authentic followership and expanding this knowledge relating to psychological ownership in the field of research.

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