When employees strike back: Investigating mediating mechanisms between psychological contract breach and workplace deviance

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: Bordia, Prashant; Restubog, Simon Lloyd D.; Tang, Robert L.
• 署名单位: University of South Australia; University of New South Wales Sydney
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.93.5.1104
• 发表日期: 2008
• 页码: 1104-1117
• 关键词: feelings of violation; PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACT BREACH; revenge; self-control; WORKPLACE DEVIANCE

摘要

In this article, psychological contract breach, revenge, and workplace deviance are brought together to identify the cognitive, affective, and motivational underpinnings of workplace deviance. On the basis of S. L. Robinson and R. J. Bennett's (1997) model of workplace deviance, the authors proposed that breach (a cognitive appraisal) and violation (an affective response) initiate revenge seeking. Motivated by revenge, employees then engage in workplace deviance. Three studies tested these ideas. All of the studies supported the hypothesized relationships. In addition, self-control was found to be a moderator of the relationship between revenge cognitions and deviant acts the relationship was weaker for people high in self-control.