A Study of Adversity Quotient and Employee Psychological Ownership
Yao-Chang Kuo, Kuo-Tai Cheng*
Abstract
The objective of the study is to examine the relationship between adversity quotient and psychological ownership in Taiwan Provincial Government. Numbers of the valid respondents are 104. The study used factors analysis, validity analysis, correlation, multiple regression analysis and structural equation modeling for data analysis to confirm the relationship between adversity quotient and psychological ownership. According to the results, it can be argued that better adversity quotients can help organisation members’ psychological ownership. Moreover, endurance dimension of adversity quotients has the most directive influence on job-based psychological ownership, and can improve organisation-based psychological ownership as well.
Keywords: Adversity Quotient, Psychological Ownership, Organisation-based psychological ownership, Job-based psychological ownership
* Yao-Chang Kuo, Associate Professor, Chinese Culture University, email: aircraft@ms8.hinet.net; Kuo-Tai Cheng, Associate Professor, National Hsin-Chu University of Education, email: tigercheng@mail.nhcue.edu.tw.