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A psychological contract breach is a subjective experience referred to the perception of one of the parties that the other has failed to adequately fulfill its obligations and promises. Breaches have been systematically connected to employees’ attitudes and behaviors that hamper the employment relationship.
We provide a review of psychological contract research, beginning with past conceptualizations and empirical evidence. We tailor this retrospective look by reviewing the antecedents and outcomes associated with psychological contract breach and discussing the dominant theoretical explanations for the breach-outcome relationship. This synthesis of past evidence provides the foundation for ...
Morrison and Robinson (1997; see also Robinson and Morrison, 2000), in their model of the development of violation of the psychological contract, suggest that reneging and incongruence are two important causes of the perception of contract breach. Reneging occurs when the organization knowingly fails to follow through its obligations, due to inability or unwillingness on the part of the ...
Feb 25, 2022 · Abstract. The primary thrust of psychological contract (PC) research has focused on employees’ outward directed responses when they experience contract breach and violation. These responses have been primarily directed at the organization as the source of the psychological contract breach. In doing so, the inward-focused consequences of ...
Furthermore, psychological contract breach is seen as occurring relatively frequently at work because of the many factors that can affect the employment relationship. This chapter first defines psychological contract breach and distinguishes it from psychological contract violation. It then discusses how often psychological contracts are ...
Nov 17, 2005 · This chapter discusses key issues in managing the psychological contract and offers suggestions for managing its two key areas: contents and breach. As most current recommendations for managing psychological contracts are from an employer's perspective, this chapter looks at what employees can themselves do to manage the psychological contract.
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Sep 1, 2021 · Blessley et al. (2018) revealed that a relational PC breach from the supplier side could have an immediate impact on the buyer’s perceptions of fairness and, although the cause of the breach was relational, the firm used a transactional breach as the justification to terminate the contract. They recommended that since PC is idiosyncratic, there is a need to understand what it entails through ...
