Role of work motivation as moderator between breach of psychological contract and workplace deviant behaviour among employees

The present study examined the effect of psychological contract breach on workplace deviant behavior with the help of social exchange theory. Furthermore, the current study also investigated the buffering effect of work motivation between the relationship of psychological contract breach and workpla...

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Main Authors: Malik, Sehrish, Bakri, Norhani, Ajmal, Muhammad, Malik, Beenish
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2019
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/88031/1/NorhaniBakri2019_RoleofWorkMotivationasModerator.pdf
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author Malik, Sehrish
Bakri, Norhani
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description The present study examined the effect of psychological contract breach on workplace deviant behavior with the help of social exchange theory. Furthermore, the current study also investigated the buffering effect of work motivation between the relationship of psychological contract breach and workplace deviant behavior. The current study was quantitative and cross-sectional survey was designed to collect data. Data was gathered using structured questionnaire. Stratified sampling method used to select sample and final sample comprised of 306 employees working in banks of Gujrat, Pakistan. Proposed model was analyzed by using reliability, correlation and hierarchal regressions with the help of IBM SPSS (20.0). Findings revealed a positive association between psychological contract breach and workplace deviant behavior. Moreover, results showed that work motivation significantly moderated the relationship of psychological contract breach and workplace deviant behavior.
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spelling utm.eprints-880312020-12-14T22:58:34Z http://eprints.utm.my/88031/ Role of work motivation as moderator between breach of psychological contract and workplace deviant behaviour among employees Malik, Sehrish Bakri, Norhani Ajmal, Muhammad Malik, Beenish HD28 Management. Industrial Management The present study examined the effect of psychological contract breach on workplace deviant behavior with the help of social exchange theory. Furthermore, the current study also investigated the buffering effect of work motivation between the relationship of psychological contract breach and workplace deviant behavior. The current study was quantitative and cross-sectional survey was designed to collect data. Data was gathered using structured questionnaire. Stratified sampling method used to select sample and final sample comprised of 306 employees working in banks of Gujrat, Pakistan. Proposed model was analyzed by using reliability, correlation and hierarchal regressions with the help of IBM SPSS (20.0). Findings revealed a positive association between psychological contract breach and workplace deviant behavior. Moreover, results showed that work motivation significantly moderated the relationship of psychological contract breach and workplace deviant behavior. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/88031/1/NorhaniBakri2019_RoleofWorkMotivationasModerator.pdf Malik, Sehrish and Bakri, Norhani and Ajmal, Muhammad and Malik, Beenish (2019) Role of work motivation as moderator between breach of psychological contract and workplace deviant behaviour among employees. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 9 (9). pp. 1036-1046. ISSN 2222-6990 http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v9-i9/6392 DOI:10.6007/IJARBSS/v9-i9/6392
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title_sort role of work motivation as moderator between breach of psychological contract and workplace deviant behaviour among employees
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