The effect of organizational psychological ownership levels of local government employees on green organizational behaviors: The case of Isparta Municipality

Psychological ownership is the development of feelings of ownership towards the target. Organizational psychological ownership is related to the psychological ties of employees with the organization as a whole. Green organizational behavior is environmentally beneficial behavior that employees perform within an organization. The research associates organizational psychological ownership, which is an indicator of employees' psychological ties with the organization, and green organizational behavior, which refers to beneficial environmentally-related behaviors performed by employees in the organization. The aim of the research is to determine the effect of local government employees' organizational psychological ownership levels on their green organizational behavior. The population of the study consists of Isparta Municipality employees. The psychological ownership survey adapted to Turkish by Aslan and Ateşoğlu (2020) and the green organizational behavior survey developed by Erbaşı (2019a) are used as data collection tools in the research. The research is examined in three parts. In the first part, psychological ownership, in the second part, green organizational behavior, and finally in the third part, the effect of the organizational psychological ownership levels of local government employees on their green organizational behavior is examined. According to the results of the research, there is a high level of positive and significant relationship between organizational psychological ownership and green organizational behavior. Accordingly, as the participants' organizational psychological ownership levels increase, their green organizational behaviors also increase. In short, organizational psychological ownership has a positive and significant effect on green organizational behavior.