Effects of ideological and relational psychological contract breach and fulfilment on volunteers’ work effort

Tim Vantilborgh, Jemima Bidee, Roland Pepermans, Jurgen Willems, Gert Huybrechts, Marc Jegers

Publikation: Wissenschaftliche FachzeitschriftOriginalbeitrag in FachzeitschriftBegutachtung

Abstract

The ideological psychological contract (PC) describes perceived obligations related to an organization’s mission, values, and principles. The lack of research regarding ideological PC breach and fulfilment is surprising, as theory states that this PC type has distinct effects on outcomes. We address this gap in the literature and investigate how ideological PC breach and fulfilment influence volunteers’ work effort and whether this effect differs from relational PC breach and fulfilment. We measured promised and delivered ideological and relational inducements on two separate occasions and used polynomial regressions and response surface analyses to test our hypotheses. In the case of ideological PC fulfilment, results indicated that work effort increases in situations of mutual-low and mutual-high obligations. In the case of ideological PC breach, work effort increases in situations of under- and overfulfilment. We conclude that underfulfilment of ideological PCs differed from relational PCs, as work effort decreases in the case of the latter. Hence, our findings demonstrate the importance of considering the unique nature of ideological obligations in the PC literature.
OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)217 - 230
FachzeitschriftEuropean Journal of Work & Organizational Psychology
Jahrgang23
Ausgabenummer2
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2014

Österreichische Systematik der Wissenschaftszweige (ÖFOS)

  • 502023 NPO-Forschung
  • 501001 Allgemeine Psychologie
  • 501015 Organisationspsychologie

Schlagwörter

  • breach
  • fulfilment
  • ideological psychological contract
  • mutual
  • obligations
  • psychological contract
  • volunteer
  • work effort

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