Cooperative members who lack psychological ownership tend to disengage.
Evidence
Because a small number of studies suggest that members who do not perceive themselves as co-owners tend to disengage, future research might examine how individual identity is shaped by organizational culture, leadership, daily work practices, and historically transmitted values in specific settings. — Adrian Josef Amon, Organizing the study of degeneration…, 101
Categorization
- SEED: Potential angle: psychological ownership as the overlooked micro-foundation of cooperative resilience — why formal co-ownership fails without felt co-ownership.
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Adrian Josef Amon, Organizing the study of degeneration…, 101
- XREF: connects to: Cooperatives detached from movement ties undergo movement degeneration and democratic erosion — Adrian Josef Amon, Organizing the study of degeneration…, 51; Weak member identification with a cooperative erodes psychological ownership and invites degeneration. — Adrian Josef Amon, Organizing the study of degeneration…, 86; Collective moral disengagement arises from members mutually exonerating each role in a shared system — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 685 (+3 more)
Related
- Weak member identification with a cooperative erodes psychological ownership and invites degeneration. (similarity 0.88)
- Cooperatives detached from movement ties undergo movement degeneration and democratic erosion (similarity 0.81)
- Cooperative degeneration unfolds as a multi-layered process driven by both internal and external forces. (similarity 0.80)
- Member identity and democratic belonging must be actively cultivated to prevent cooperative degeneration. (similarity 0.79)
- Egoistic micro-motivation lacks momentum from one act of cooperation to the next. (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Collective moral disengagement arises from members mutually exonerating each role in a shared system
#expands(0.75) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 685 - Altruism without genuine moral emotion signals unreliable future cooperation.
#qualifies(0.72) — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 68 - Cooperation rests on coercion, interests, values, and personal bonds
#expands(0.72) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 2202 - Egoistic micro-motivation lacks momentum from one act of cooperation to the next.
#expands(0.70) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 199