Building a supportive work environment: Collective psychological ownership, duty orientation, and coworker accommodations to family responsibilities

Abstract

Purpose. This study explores the function and significance of duty orientation, collective psychological ownership, and informal work accommodations made by coworkers for families to createa helpful work environment. Study design. A total of 300 respondents took part in the survey, and data was gathered using a quantitative approach. Software R and SPSS were used to analyze the data that had beencollected. Findings. The three constructs have a positive correlation, according to the study’s findings. Variations in the coworker’s informal work accommodations to family are better explained when regressed on both duty orientation and collective psychological ownership, rather than either duty orientation or collective psychological ownership. Implications for practice. This study adds to the body of research on the newly developed ideas of “duty orientation,” “collective psychological ownership,” and “coworker informal work accommodations to family” outside of the Western world. It also sheds light on the relations between these concepts in a Central Asian country with a transition economy. Value ofthe results. Overall, this research contributes to the broader theoretical frameworks of duty orientation and collective psychological ownership by providing empirical evidence from a non-Western, transition economy context. This can help in refining existing theories or developing new ones that are more globally applicable.