Extended Self and Possessions in the Workplace

Kelly Tian is associate professor in the Department of Marketing, MSC 5280, College of Business and Economics, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003‐1498 ( ktian@nmsu.edu ). Russell W. Belk is the N. Eldon Tanner Professor in the David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah, 1645 E. Campus Center Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84112‐9305 ( mktrwb@business.utah.edu ). The authors thank the editor, the associate editor, and the reviewers for their insights. Special thanks go to a Worklinks’s employee who assisted us in identifying participants. We also wish to express our gratitude to the interview participants for sharing their time and aspects of their home and work lives.