International Journal of Research in Economics and Social Sciences

  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 5

Decoding the other side of Psychological Contract

  • Author:
  • Ipseeta Satpathy1, B.C.M. Patnaik2, Sourav Mohanty3
  • Total Page Count: 10
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 165 to 174

1Professor, School of Management, KIIT University, Odisha

2Associate Professor, School of Management, KIIT University, Odisha

3Ph. D. Scholar, School of Management, KIIT University, Odisha

Abstract

Psychological contract is the main instrument which enables employees to perform mindfully in an organization. It has been observed that rupture of psychological contract is top priority because as it is implicit in nature. This leads to employee indulge in deviance acts which is regarded as negative work done to cause harm to the impending organization. The article highlights about the breach of the psychological contract which basically leads to employee's involvement in deviant workplace behaviour. It is based on primary data. A sample size of (n=134) which consists of teaching and non-teaching staff of 21 private schools finally gave their views on this.19 variables were identified for the collection of data. The researcher used pilot study for 54 respondents where variables were tested by Cronbach Alpha and Factor Analysis.

Keywords

psychological contract, deviance, deviant workplace behaviour