Breach of psychological contracts and discretionary behaviour in Nigerian academics
This study explored the breach of psychological contracts and discretionary behaviour by Nigerian academics. A survey was employed to elicit information from 378 academics that were randomly selected from 7,131 academics in federal universities in the North-Central Nigeria. The results from the hyp...
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| author | Akinwale, Akeem Ayofe Shadare, Adetunji Oluseyi Aliyu, Mustapha Olanrewaju |
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| description | This study explored the breach of psychological contracts and discretionary behaviour by Nigerian academics. A survey was employed to elicit information from 378 academics that were
randomly selected from 7,131 academics in federal universities in the North-Central Nigeria. The results from the hypotheses testing
revealed that most of the universities in the North-Central zone did not comply with the psychological contract (as supported by the
negative results from statistical estimates and Levene’s t-values). There was a positive correlation between breach of psychological
contract and organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) as well as positive relationship between breach of psychological contract and
deviant workplace behaviour (DWB) (r=0.196; p<0.05 and r=0.126; p<0.05, respectively). The breach of psychological contract has influenced academics in different ways showing a tendency for OCB
and DWB. Unfortunately, the tendency for DWB outweigh that of OCB. Therefore, academics who uphold OCB despite the perceived BPC should be encouraged to sustain their good behaviour. |
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| spelling | uum-282612023-05-17T15:03:32Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/28261/ Breach of psychological contracts and discretionary behaviour in Nigerian academics Akinwale, Akeem Ayofe Shadare, Adetunji Oluseyi Aliyu, Mustapha Olanrewaju HF5601 Accounting This study explored the breach of psychological contracts and discretionary behaviour by Nigerian academics. A survey was employed to elicit information from 378 academics that were randomly selected from 7,131 academics in federal universities in the North-Central Nigeria. The results from the hypotheses testing revealed that most of the universities in the North-Central zone did not comply with the psychological contract (as supported by the negative results from statistical estimates and Levene’s t-values). There was a positive correlation between breach of psychological contract and organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) as well as positive relationship between breach of psychological contract and deviant workplace behaviour (DWB) (r=0.196; p<0.05 and r=0.126; p<0.05, respectively). The breach of psychological contract has influenced academics in different ways showing a tendency for OCB and DWB. Unfortunately, the tendency for DWB outweigh that of OCB. Therefore, academics who uphold OCB despite the perceived BPC should be encouraged to sustain their good behaviour. Institute for Management and Business Research (IMBRe), Universiti Utara Malaysia 2021 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc4_by https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/28261/1/JBMA%2011%201%202021%2021%2044.pdf Akinwale, Akeem Ayofe and Shadare, Adetunji Oluseyi and Aliyu, Mustapha Olanrewaju (2021) Breach of psychological contracts and discretionary behaviour in Nigerian academics. Journal of Business Management and Accounting (JBMA), 11 (1). pp. 21-44. ISSN 2231-9298 http://e-journal.uum.edu.my/index.php/jbma/article/view/13683 https://doi.org/10.32890/jbma2021.11.1.2 https://doi.org/10.32890/jbma2021.11.1.2 |
| spellingShingle | HF5601 Accounting Akinwale, Akeem Ayofe Shadare, Adetunji Oluseyi Aliyu, Mustapha Olanrewaju Breach of psychological contracts and discretionary behaviour in Nigerian academics |
| title | Breach of psychological contracts and discretionary behaviour in Nigerian academics |
| title_full | Breach of psychological contracts and discretionary behaviour in Nigerian academics |
| title_fullStr | Breach of psychological contracts and discretionary behaviour in Nigerian academics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Breach of psychological contracts and discretionary behaviour in Nigerian academics |
| title_short | Breach of psychological contracts and discretionary behaviour in Nigerian academics |
| title_sort | breach of psychological contracts and discretionary behaviour in nigerian academics |
| topic | HF5601 Accounting |
| url | https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/28261/1/JBMA%2011%201%202021%2021%2044.pdf https://doi.org/10.32890/jbma2021.11.1.2 |
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