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- The psychological contract is the implicit expectations and mutual obligations held between an employee and employer. Breaches in this contract can lead to strong negative emotional responses.
human-resources-health.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12960-020-00534-3The effect of breaches of the psychological contract on the ...
The generation of intense negative psychological states can explain the negative influence of psychological contract breach on employee well-being, operationalized as job satisfaction, organizational trust, and other attitudes.
Feb 25, 2022 · Psychological contract violation is described as “an intense reaction of outrage, shock, resentment, and anger” (Rousseau 1989, p. 129) and captures the emotional and affective response that may arise from a breach (Morrison and Robinson 1997; Zhao et al. 2007; Dulac et al. 2008).
The main exploration of the impact of the psychological contract is reported in this chapter. It outlines the determinants of the psychological contract, taking into account factors at the individual, organizational, sector and country levels.
- Job Satisfaction
- The Psychological Contract of Non-Consultant Doctors
- Limitations
Reported levels of overall job satisfaction in this cohort of doctors were reasonably high. Notably, one of the highest scoring individual attributes in the Job Satisfaction Scale was ‘the work you do’. This is a reassuring finding, given that previous research has identified decreases in job satisfaction arising from the changes in doctors’ role f...
The findings of this study make clear that psychological contract breach has a direct, negative association with job satisfaction and wellbeing for doctors, echoing the results of previous research conducted with employees outside the healthcare sector . The current findings give healthcare administrators a potentially significant policy lever with...
There are some limitations to this study. Firstly, as with any online opt-in questionnaire, there is a possible self-selection bias in sampling. People are more likely to complete a survey if they have a strong opinion or problem to voice about the issue at hand, and this may be particularly the case when discussing one’s workplace. This sampling b...
- Aedin Collins, Alexandra Beauregard
- 2020
Sep 7, 2022 · This paper depicts the path through which the abrupt workplace disruptions can trigger employees’ perceptions of felt mistrust, intensify work to life conflict, and cause a psychological contract breach.
Jan 25, 2021 · Employees experiencing non-reciprocity via a high-effort/low-reward condition face a threat to continued work role benefits, thus generating stress and negative emotions (Siegrist & Li, 2016).
We highlight the practical implications of research to date on psychological contracts and end with directions for future research to include the need for greater attention given to ideological currency, employee health, polycontextual approaches, the role of psychological needs, and post-breach/violation.
