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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.
- 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
Nov 23, 2022 · 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.
Mar 26, 2024 · Extant research has demonstrated how destructive voice behaviors may be triggered by adverse supervisory or managerial treatments (Mackey et al., 2020; Unler & Caliskan, 2019), as well as how psychological contract breaches can steer employees away from constructive voice efforts (Balabanova et al., 2022; Rai & Agarwal, 2020). The current study ...
In addition to illustrating the key employer obligations that employees perceived during a crisis, we introduce two novel theoretical concepts –psychological contract credit and psychological contract inactivation – that explain how employees managed their contracts during the crisis.
Nov 5, 2019 · Psychological contract breach may be related to two major reasons, namely opposition and disclaimer. The former indicates misunderstanding between the organisation and employees concerning the real nature of an obligation, while the latter indicates the organisation’s cognizance of mutual obligations with employees.
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Feb 25, 2022 · Psychological contract breach is defined as “the cognition that one’s organization has failed to meet one or more obligations within one’s psychological contract in a manner commensurate with one’s contributions” (Morrison and Robinson 1997, p. 230).
