How psychological contract breach affects long-term mental and physical health: the longitudinal role of effort-reward imbalance.

ABSTRACT: This study contributes to the research of employee health and well-being by examining the longitudinal effects of psychological contract (PC) breach on employees' health. We integrate Social Exchange and Conservation of Resources theories to position effort-reward imbalance (ERI) as the mediating mechanism. We also assessed the moderating role of perceived job control as a boundary condition through which employees could prevent PC breach and ERI from adversely affecting their health. Using three-wave longitudinal survey data from 389 employees, we estimated a path model using each variable's growth parameters (intercept and slope). We found support for our hypotheses regarding stable effects; we found positive associations between PC breach and physical and mental health complaints and a

SUBMITTER: Griep Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8248376 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature