Open AccessBREACH OF PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACTS AND DISCRETIONARY BEHAVIOUR IN NIGERIAN ACADEMICS
Author(s) -
Akeem Ayofe Akinwale,
Adetunji Oluseyi Shadare,
Mustapha Olanrewaju Aliyu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of business management and accounting/journal of business management and accounting
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2636-9249
pISSN - 2231-9298
DOI - 10.32890/jbma2021.11.1.2
Subject(s) - psychological contract , psychology , social psychology , citizenship , positive relationship , political science , law , politics
This study explored the breach of psychological contracts and discretionary behaviour by Nigerian academics. A survey was employed to elicit information from 378 academics that were randomly selected from 7,131 academics in federal universities in the North-Central Nigeria. The results from the hypotheses testing revealed that most of the universities in the North-Central zone did not comply with the psychological contract (as supported by the negative results from statistical estimates and Levene’s t-values). There was a positive correlation between breach of psychological contract and organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) as well as positive relationship between breach of psychological contract and deviant workplace behaviour (DWB) (r=0.196; p<0.05 and r=0.126; p<0.05, respectively). The breach of psychological contract has influenced academics in different ways showing a tendency for OCB and DWB. Unfortunately, the tendency for DWB outweigh that of OCB. Therefore, academics who uphold OCB despite the perceived BPC should be encouraged to sustain their good behaviour.