Hussein Hurajah Al Hasnawi, Dhuha HassanAbbod Al Hasnawi

Iraqi Journal for Administrative Sciences
2023, Volume 19, Issue 77, Pages 155-179

Abstract

This study aims to demonstrate the effect of psychological ownership to reduce the feeling of loneliness in the workplace at the level of a sample of industrial companies, and in order to achieve this, the psychological ownership variable was measured in three sub-dimensions (commitment, attachment, and affection), and the feeling of loneliness in the workplace was measured in two sub-dimensions. They are (emotional deprivation and social companionship), and the study started with a main problem that included several questions revolving around the nature of the relationship between its variables in the field, and it was summarized by asking (what is the level of influence of psychological ownership and its dimensions on feeling lonely in the workplace?). The study population included two food industry companies in the holy city of Karbala, and a purposive sample of individuals was chosen, which was represented by administrators and technicians working in the study sample companies, as the study sample amounted to (124) individuals. The questionnaire was used as a main tool in collecting the necessary relevant data and information. For the purpose of analyzing and processing the data statistically, the study relied on a set of conclusions, the most important of which was the existence of two correlation and influence relationships with statistical significance between psychological ownership and loneliness in the workplace.

Keywords

psychological ownership, feeling of loneliness in the workplace, industrial companies in Karbala.