The Effect of Contract Violation on Indices of Organisational Behaviour

Abstract

Researchers have described psychological contracts as an employee's beliefs regarding the terms and conditions of a reciprocal exchange agreement between that employee and the employing organisation. A key issue in the perceived agreement between the employee and the organisation is that the organisation will live up to its promises. The present paper makes an attempt to study the relationship of contract violation and organisational behaviour. The nature of the employee's psychological contracts has gained relevance in the last decade due to changes in the employment relationship.