What is it about?
This study examines the effect of psychological contract breach on employee dysfunctional behavior and partner family undermining, and explores the crossover effect of employee dysfunctional behavior on partner family undermining in work–family issues. This study collected 370 employee–partner dyads (277 male employees, 93 female employees) from a large manufacturing organization.
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Why is it important?
The results of this study support the conception that employees’ psychological contract breach results in frustration in the workplace. In addition, mediation analysis results reveal that psychological contract breach relates to employee dysfunctional behavior in the workplace and and partner family undermining.
Perspectives
This study suggests that that the fulfillment of promises made by employers is crucial for an effective employment relationship with employees. The negative consequences of PCB lead to the crossover model of partners’ emotional reactions and attitudes into the family domain.
Huai-Liang Liang
Air Force Institute of Technology
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This page is a summary of: Are Emotions Transmitted From Work to Family? A Crossover Model of Psychological Contract Breach, Psychological Reports, January 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0033294117750630.
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