SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Psychological Contract Breach and Outcomes: A Systematic Review of Reviews.
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- Nursing Outside the Lines: Identity, Policy, and the Rise of Gig Economy Nursing.Journal of nursing management · 2026Article
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- Psychological contract, psychological capital, career plateau, and job embeddedness among early-career nurses: a serial mediation model.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Relationship between psychological contract fulfillment, job burnout, and job satisfaction among pharmacists in private medical institutions in Guiyang, China.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Exploring the Impact of After-Hours Work Connectivity on Employee Performance: Insights from a Job Crafting Perspective.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Internet Addiction and Academic Anxiety Among Chinese College Students During COVID-19: The Mediating Role of Psychological Contract.Psychology research and behavior management · 2023Article
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Abstract
A psychological contract is a set of individual beliefs that a person has about the reciprocal obligations and benefits established in an exchange relationship, such as an employment relationship in an organizational setting. A psychological contract breach is a subjective experience referred to the perception of one of the parties that the other has failed to adequately fulfill its obligations and promises. Breaches have been systematically connected to employees' attitudes and behaviors that hamper the employment relationship. Despite its apparent clarity, some relevant topics about psychological contract breach, psychological contract fulfillment and the relationships with their consequences still remain unclear. The main objective of this review of reviews is to conduct a review of reviews on psychological contract breaches, considering both systematic reviews and metanalytical papers with the purpose of synthesizing the evidence to date under the psychological contract theory. Using the SPIDER tool, our systematic review of reviews focuses on: (a) Sample; (b) Phenomenon of Interest; (c) Design; (d) Evaluation; and (e) Research type. Finally, only eight systematic reviews and meta-analyses met the inclusion criteria. Of the eight reviews included, seven were meta-analyses while the other was a systematic quantitative review. This study describes the available empirical research on psychological contract breaches and fulfillment and summarizes the meta-analytical evidence on their relationships with attitudinal and behavioral outcomes, as well as the role of potential moderator variables. Due to the methodological caveats of the reviews themselves and of the primary studies they were based on, our conclusions about the impact of psychological contract breaches on outcomes still remain tentative.
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