Psychological Contract Breach, Job Insecurity, and Job Engagement: The Moderating Effect of Employment Type

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10.2991/aebmr.k.220306.034How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Psychological contract breach; Job insecurity; Job engagement; Employment type

Abstract

This study integrates social exchange theory and resource conservation theory and explores the mechanism and boundary conditions of the impact of psychological contract breach on employees’ job engagement. It uses a survey sample of 414 teachers from colleges and universities, and the empirical test results show that the psychological contract breach has a negative effect on job engagement, the psychological contract breach has a significant positive impact on job insecurity, and the job insecurity plays a mediation role in the impact of psychological contract breach on job engagement. The employment type moderates the relationship between psychological contract breach and job insecurity. Compared with teachers who have the establishment of public institutions, the relationship between psychological contract breach and job insecurity of contract teachers is stronger. Employment type also moderates the indirect effect of psychological contract breach on job engagement through job insecurity. Specifically, compared with teachers who have the establishment of public institutions, the impact of psychological contract breach on job engagement through job insecurity is more significant in contract teachers. These results are of great significance to comprehensively explain the path and mechanism of psychological contract breach on work engagement.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Linsheng Xiao
AU  - Jian Chen
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/03/17
TI  - Psychological Contract Breach, Job Insecurity, and Job Engagement: The Moderating Effect of Employment Type
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Economy, Management, Law and Education (EMLE 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 210
EP  - 219
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.220306.034
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.220306.034
ID  - Xiao2022
ER  -