It is hard to forget what comes around: Time‐lagged effects of employers' non‐fulfillment of psychological contract

Abstract

AbstractPsychological contract (PC) has received great theoretical and research interest in the framework of the employment relationship. Although current research has described its consequences using several different perspectives, less attention has been placed on examining how PC develops. The current time‐lagged study tests a model that incorporates three social exchange indicators: employer contract fulfillment, PC violation, and organizational justice. Using a two‐wave survey data from 203 Spanish workers, we test a serial multiple mediation model that identifies the mechanism to explain the reciprocal exchange between the individual and the organization. The results provide evidence that employer contract fulfillment influences employees' contribution in return over time through the sense of PC violation and perceptions of organizational justice.