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- A breach is distinguished from a violation; the former reflects a cognitive assessment that identifies the failure, while a violation reflects the affective and emotional state that results from a breach.
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A psychological contract breach is a subjective experience that refers to the conception by one of the parties that the other has failed to adequately fulfill their obligations and promises.
- Identifying Psychological Contract Breaches to Guide ...
The psychological contract breach has more to do with...
- Identifying Psychological Contract Breaches to Guide ...
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.
- What Is Psychological Contract Breach?
- Why Is Psychological Contract Breach Important?
- How Can Psychological Contract Breach Be Reduced?
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A psychological contract is defined as “individual beliefs, shaped by the organization, regarding terms of an exchange agreement between individuals and their organization” (Rousseau, 1995, p. 9, as cited in Zhao, Wayne, Glibkowski, & Bravo, 2007, p. 649). Psychological contracts do not necessarily involve legal contracts; they reflect promissory e...
Psychological contract breach is important because it is associated with affective reactions, work attitudes, and employee effectiveness. It has strong, positive associations with affective reactions such as psychological contract violation and mistrust toward management (Zhao et al., 2007). Psychological contract breach has a strong negative assoc...
Although there are associations between psychological contract breach and many outcomes, the research to date is correlational; thus, no conclusions about causation can be made. We have much to learn about how psychological contract breach works in tandem with other personal and professional dynamics, such as which comes first—one’s perceptions of ...
Psychological contract breach has strong, positive associations with affective reactions such as psychological contract violation and mistrust toward management.Psychological contract breach has a strong negative association with job satisfaction, a moderate negative association with organizational commitment, and a moderate positive association with inten...With respect to more tangible work behaviors, such as organizational citizenship and in role performance, psychological contract breach has modest negative correlations.Affect, in turn, mediates breach’s relationship with work attitudes and individual effectiveness.Organ, D. W. (1988). Organizational citizenship behavior: The good soldier syndrome. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books. Robinson, S. L., Kraatz, M. S., & Rousseau, D. M. (1996). Changing obligations and the psychological contract: A longitudinal study. Academy of Management Journal, 37, 137–152. Rousseau, D. M. (1990). New hire perception of their own...
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Aug 8, 2012 · The psychological contract breach has more to do with cognition, whereas psychological contract violation is more closely associated with feelings that develop after a psychological contract breach.
- Gretchen L. Peirce, Shane P. Desselle, JoLaine R. Draugalis, Alan R. Spies, Tamra S. Davis, Mark Bol...
- 10.5688/ajpe766108
- 2012
- Am J Pharm Educ. 2012 Aug 10; 76(6): 108.
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.
Feb 25, 2022 · A nuanced finding was that psychological contract breach of long-term job security and job autonomy significantly predicted both mental and physical health, whereas psychological contract breach of career opportunities and high pay did not predict any health outcomes.
This paper examines the theoretical and empirical rela- tionships between employees' trust in their employers and their experiences of psychological contract breach by their employers, using data from a longitudinal field of 125 newly hired managers.
