AUTHOR=Shen Yimo , Schaubroeck John M. , Zhao Lei , Wu Lei 

TITLE=Work Group Climate and Behavioral Responses to Psychological Contract Breach

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2019

YEAR=2019

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00067

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00067

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=Drawing on theories of social exchange and social information processing, we examined whether the influence of psychological contract breach on in-role performance and organization-directed citizenship behavior (OCBO) depends work group climate levels, specifically procedural justice climate and power distance climate. The findings supported our hypothesis that psychological contract breach exhibits a stronger influence on in-role performance and OCBO among members of units with favorable procedural justice climates. Support for a hypothesized moderating role of power distance climate was less conclusive. We discuss the implications of our model and findings for theories of employee-organization relationships and practice.