Perceived organizational support and work outcomes

Аннотация

Purpose – The purpose of this paper was to examine the mediating role of psychological contract (PC) violation on the relationship between perceived organizational support (POS) and a set of work-related affects (trust), attitudes (job satisfaction, commitment to the organization and intention to leave) and individual effectiveness (civic virtue). Design/methodology/approach – Two independent studies were conducted (N  162 andN  242). To test the mediating effect, the procedure of Baron and Kenny (1986) was used in both studies. Findings – Overall, in both studies, data reported the same pattern. While PC violation played a partial mediating role between POS and affect (i.e. trust in organization) and attitudes (i.e. commitment,satisfaction and intention to leave), PC violation failed to mediate the relationship between POS and individual effectiveness (i.e. civic virtue).