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Psychological Ownership (PO) rooted in motivation and responsibility research, may explain this relationship, but its mediating role in sustainability contexts remains underexplored.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study examines the direct relationship between GHC and WE and the mediating role of PO, while also analyzing these relationships across four WE dimensions: Vigor, Dedication, Absorption, and Sustainable Engagement.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A cross-sectional survey of 400 employees from small to large-sized Indian organizations engaged in sustainability initiatives was conducted between January and June 2025 using validated questionnaires. Covariance-Based Structural Equation Modeling (CB-SEM) with AMOS was used to test the measurement model, direct effects, and mediation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>GHC significantly and positively predicted overall WE (\u03b2\u2009=\u20090.405, p\u2009&lt;\u2009.001) and had a particularly strong effect on Sustainable Engagement (\u03b2\u2009=\u20090.775, p\u2009&lt;\u2009.001), while its effect on Absorption was not statistically significant. GHC also strongly predicted PO (\u03b2\u2009=\u20090.752, p\u2009&lt;\u2009.001). Although PO exhibited a weak direct association with WE, mediation analysis revealed a statistically significant but modest partial mediating effect, with no significant mediation observed across individual engagement dimensions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The findings indicate that GHC enhances employee WE primarily through direct capability-based mechanisms, especially sustainability-related engagement, while PO plays a limited yet complementary mediating role.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Originality\/Value<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study pioneers a sustainability-driven engagement framework by revealing how GHC directly and psychologically drives employee WE through PO.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/10519815261477098","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,18]],"date-time":"2026-08-18T14:01:06Z","timestamp":1787061666000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Sustainable workforce development: Examining work engagement through the Lens of green human capital and psychological ownership"],"prefix":"10.1177","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-5418-6551","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rashmi","family":"Kumari","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Birla Institute of Technology"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7588-4707","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sujata Priyambada","family":"Dash","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Birla Institute of Technology"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-5536-8473","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rajeshwari","family":"Chatterjee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Birla Institute of Technology"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_2_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/23311975.2020.1870798"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1108\/JMTM-11-2020-0441"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jclepro.2023.138497"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_5_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.igd.2024.100134"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_6_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/bsd2.297"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_7_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/23311975.2020.1739494"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_8_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/978-3-030-36387-1_2"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_9_2","first-page":"111","article-title":"The link between WE and job performance","volume":"22","author":"Corbeanu A","year":"2023","unstructured":"Corbeanu A, Iliescu D. 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