TY - JOUR
T1 - Causal explanations of psychological contract breach characteristics
AU - Cassar, Vincent
AU - Buttigieg, Sandra C
AU - Briner, Rob B
PY - 2013/5
Y1 - 2013/5
N2 - Cassar and Briner (2005) indicated that psychological contract breach is characterized by at least five characteristics, namely delay, magnitude, type-form, inequity, and reciprocal imbalance. This study investigated the extent to which explanations differed across different characteristics of breach, as well as the relationships of explanations to response reactions. Ninety-four participants supplied 180 episodes of contract breach, together with explanations and reactions. Results showed that explanations (Rousseau, 1995) differed across different breach characteristics. No association was found between explanations and response reaction types. The study highlights specific implications about the management of breach depending on the quality of the breach experience.
AB - Cassar and Briner (2005) indicated that psychological contract breach is characterized by at least five characteristics, namely delay, magnitude, type-form, inequity, and reciprocal imbalance. This study investigated the extent to which explanations differed across different characteristics of breach, as well as the relationships of explanations to response reactions. Ninety-four participants supplied 180 episodes of contract breach, together with explanations and reactions. Results showed that explanations (Rousseau, 1995) differed across different breach characteristics. No association was found between explanations and response reaction types. The study highlights specific implications about the management of breach depending on the quality of the breach experience.
UR - http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/mgr/16/2/85/
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/h0094949
U2 - 10.1037/h0094949
DO - 10.1037/h0094949
M3 - Article
SN - 1088-7156
VL - 16
SP - 85
EP - 106
JO - The Psychologist-Manager Journal
JF - The Psychologist-Manager Journal
IS - 2
ER -