Abstract
This study extends both Social Exchange Theory and the Job Demands-Resources model by examining the link between psychological contract breach (PCB) and work engagement, and by integrating job satisfaction into this exchange relationship. We argue that PCB reflects employees' feelings of resource loss, and that these feelings impact work engagement through their impact on job satisfaction. Levels of employee work engagement can therefore be viewed as reciprocation for the exchange content provided by employers. We conduct structural equation modeling on longitudinal survey data from 191 employees, and our results suggest that the negative effect of PCB on work engagement is mediated by job satisfaction.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2382-2400 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | The International Journal of Human Resource Management |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 17 |
Early online date | 14 Jan 2014 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 14 Jan 2014 |
Keywords
- Sustainability
- job satisfaction
- mediation
- psychological contract breach
- Structural equation model
- work engagement
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Bruce Rayton
- Management - Professor
- Centre for Business, Organisations and Society (CBOS)
- Centre for Future of Work
- Marketing, Business & Society
Person: Research & Teaching
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Zeynep Yalabik
- Management - Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor)
- Centre for Future of Work
- Strategy & Organisation
Person: Research & Teaching