Figure 1
The framework shows three sections connected horizontally. The left section is labeled “Antecedents for Psychological Ownership” and contains three stacked boxes labeled “Investment of Self”, “Control”, and “Intimate Knowledge”, with lines leading from each box into the central section. The central section is labeled “Gen Z’s critical motives for Psychological Ownership” and contains three boxes: a top box labeled “Self-Identity” with the sub label “Individual Identity”, a second top box labeled “Self-Efficacy” with the sub label “Need for Control”, and a bottom box labeled “Sense of Place” with the sub label “Security”, each aligned above or below the central horizontal line that connects to the lines from the left section. The rightmost section contains a shaded box labeled “Gen Z’s Psychological Ownership for Product”.The proposed impact of Gen Z’s motivations on their experienced ownership of experiential goods compared to prior cohorts in the psychological ownership framework