The Crucial Role of Psychological Contracts Towards Organizational Behaviors: Descriptive Study in Banking Sector

Authors

  • Iqra Liaqat BBA, Department of Management Sciences, University of Sargodha, Gujranwala Campus
  • Qasim Ali Nisar Ph.D. Candidate, College of Business, School of Business Management, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Maryam Ikram M.Phil Scholar, Division of Education, University of Education, Lahore, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53555/ssh.v3i6.317

Keywords:

Psychological contract fulfillment, Psychological contract breach, Job performance, Organizational citizenship behavior,, job satisfaction

Abstract

In the rapidly changing environment, it’s the need of time to explore the psychological dimensions in social sciences studies. Therefore the attention of current study is to analyze the effect of psychological contract fulfillment and psychological contract breach to shape employees’ behaviors at banking sector. Study is descriptive and quantitative in nature. Data have been collect by applying simple random sampling technique. Results depicted that psychological contract fulfillment has significant and positive relationship with employees’ engagement and negative association with turnover intentions. Similarly findings also nlightened that psychological contract breach has significant and bad connection with job performance, organizational citizenship behavior and job satisfaction. Moreover organizational trust significantly moderate on the relationship between psychological contract breach and behavioral outcomes.

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Published

2017-06-30

How to Cite

Liaqat, I., Nisar, Q. A., & Ikram, M. (2017). The Crucial Role of Psychological Contracts Towards Organizational Behaviors: Descriptive Study in Banking Sector. International Journal For Research In Social Science And Humanities, 3(6), 16–30. https://doi.org/10.53555/ssh.v3i6.317