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What generates the violation of psychological contracts at multinational corporations? A contextual exploratory study

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ID12701433
AuthorsNurit Zaidman (0000-0002-3768-6582, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, corresponding author), Dikla Elisha (Ashkelon Academic College)
Year2016
Volume16
Issue1
Pages99-119
Publication date2016-01-06
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Cross Cultural Management (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1470-5958 • E-ISSN: 1741-2838
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1470595815623571
OpenAlexW2306737579
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited44

The violation of a psychological contract may have negative effects on employees such as mistrust, lower job performance, and reduced job satisfaction and organizational commitment. We demonstrate that the probability of these negative occurrences is prevenient at multinational corporations. This study adopts an exploratory approach based on data collected at four Israeli companies operating in the high-tech industry that outsource or have established subsidiaries in India. Results indicate five situations that may lead to psychological contract violation, as well as to specific cultural and contextual factors that generate such violation. We argue that the possibility of psychological contract violation anticipatory at multinational corporations due to their distinctive characteristics, namely, inherent cultural diversity, dynamic structure, and global dispersion. The study further contributes to general psychological contract research by showing that certain aspects of the psychological contract are culturally constructed and that incongruences in these aspects as constructed by members of different groups may lead to perceptions of violation

Business · Diversity (politics · Exploratory research · Multinational corporation · Outsourcing · Perception · Political science · Psychological contract · Public relations · Sociology · Subsidiary · Cultural Differences and Values · International Student and Expatriate Challenges · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Finance · Marketing

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Unique citing works3
Citations per year0,5
Citation span2020 - 2025 (6)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 3
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