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The Impact of Specific Job Stressors on Psychological Contract Breach and Violation
Author(s) -
Xavier Isabel Maria,
Jepsen Denise Mary
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
human factors and ergonomics in manufacturing and service industries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1520-6564
pISSN - 1090-8471
DOI - 10.1002/hfm.20567
Subject(s) - psychological contract , stressor , breach of contract , psychology , perception , context (archaeology) , social psychology , feeling , job control , control (management) , work (physics) , political science , economics , clinical psychology , law , management , damages , paleontology , mechanical engineering , neuroscience , biology , engineering
This study investigated whether environmental stressors predict perceptions of psychological contract breach and associated feelings of violation in employees from a large manufacturing organization. It was proposed that increasing levels of job stress as a result of changes in the employment context may account for the rising incidence of perceived contract breach. The results suggest that breach and violation are more likely when employees are experiencing role conflict, perceive a lack of career progression, and perceive a lack of control over work. Further, control was found to moderate the relationship between stress and breach. This study has important practical implications, suggesting ways in which organizations may be able to reduce the likelihood of psychological contract breach and violation.