Organizational context and employee reactions to psychological contract breach. A multilevel test of competing theories.

Autor/inn/en	Jiang, Lixin; Probst, Tahira M.; Benson, Wendi L.
Titel	Organizational context and employee reactions to psychological contract breach. A multilevel test of competing theories. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Organisationskontext und die Reaktionen von Arbeitnehmern auf die Nichteinhaltung des psychologischen Vertrags. Ein Mehrebenentest konkurrierender Theorien.
Quelle	In: Economic and industrial democracy, 38 (2017) 3, S. 513-534 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-831X; 1461-7099
DOI	10.1177/0143831X15579288
Schlagwörter	Organisationswandel; Sozialer Faktor; Burnout-Syndrom; Psychischer Faktor; Zufriedenheit; Familie; Kostensenkung; Arbeit; Arbeitsplatzsicherheit; Beruf; Arbeitsvertrag; Universität; Hochschullehrer; Hochschulpersonal; USA
Abstract	"This study examines how organizational context affects employee reactions to perceived psychological contract breach. Using Conservation of Resources and Social Comparison theories, the authors develop competing hypotheses regarding the potential exacerbating vs. buffering effects of organizational context on the relationships between psychological contract breach and job security satisfaction, job satisfaction, work - family conflict, and burnout. They collected a multi-source, multilevel data set composed of faculty and departmental administrators at a university experiencing repeated budget reductions. It was found that psychological contract breach was related to detrimental job outcomes (i.e., decreased job security satisfaction and job satisfaction, increased work - family conflict, and burnout). However, this relationship was stronger among faculty in departments reporting low rather than high departmental budget cuts, thus supporting Social Comparison theory rather than Conservation of Resources theory. Social comparison matters when it comes to psychological contract breach." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2018/1