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- Long hours and stressful working environments have been implicated as the cause of this. 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.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33183316/The 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.
In this chapter, we set out to answer two core questions; what determines the nature and content of the psychological contract, and what are the consequences of different types of, and different states of the psychological contract?
- 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
May 6, 2020 · Contents. What is a psychological contract? The concept of psychological contract is described as the mutual beliefs, perceptions and informal obligations between an employer and an employee (Rousseau, 1989). The psychological contract impacts relationship dynamics and defines work duties and practices.
Sep 7, 2022 · Ashkanasy et al. (2014) suggest that frequent disruptive episodes cause negative emotions. As a result, employees engage in territorial behaviors to build and protect their individual spaces.
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.
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Feb 25, 2022 · Empirical examination of the relationship between psychological contract breach and health is still in its infancy, but the evidence to date supports the tenet that psychological contract breach leads to negative health outcomes.
