This study examines the effects of psychological contract breach (PCB) on employee mental and physical health (SF-12) using a sample of 3,870 employees derived from a German longitudinal linked employeremployee study across various industries. Results of multivariate regression models and mediation analysis suggest that PCB affects both the mental and the physical health of employees but is mor...

In this study, meta-analytic procedures were used to examine the relationships between psychological contract perceived breach and certain outcome variables, such as organizational commitment, job satisfaction and organizational citizenship behaviours (OCB). Our review of the literature generated 41 independent samples in which perceived breach was used as a predictor of these personal and orga...

OBJECTIVES This study investigated whether the association between perceived psychological contract breach (PCB) and employee mental health is moderated by the cognitive-motivational pattern of overcommitment (OC). Linking the psychological contract approach to the effort-reward imbalance model, this study examines PCB as an imbalance in employment relationships that acts as a psychosocial stre...

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between work-family interference (WIF), organizational and occupational turnover intentions. Further, it investigated if relationships are mediated by ‘psychological contract breach’ (PCB) concerning ‘work-family balance obligations’. A completed gathering data using a self-administered survey from employees working in Pakistani Banking ...

prominent factor in the empirical research of organizational psychology, and has been used to predict a broad range of individual and organizational outcome variables. However, not all results are consistent, nor do they show relationships in the same direction, as there are important variations both in the size and in the sign of the relationships between PCB and the attitudes and behaviours o...

Contact centres represents critical component in the value chain through their differentiating role in service delivery. The vitality is assessed in terms of performance and global service quality that is brought into sharp focus if the centre is outsourced because of the impact of the strategic behaviour of the principal and its relation with its agents. The association of employees with the b...

Ž . In automated negotiation systems for self-interested agents, contracts have traditionally been binding. They do not accommodate future events. Contingency contracts address this, but are often impractical. As an alternative, we propose le eled commitment contracts. The level of commitment is set by breach penalties. To be freed from the contract, an agent simply pays the penalty to the othe...

The effects of psychological contract violation are the subject considerable research. Yet, their in work arrangements with more than two parties largely unknown. Multi-party differ from traditional ones because individuals may be vulnerable to breach and by one party, potentially directing negative emotional responses not only towards responsible party but also displacing it other (innocent) p...