Psychological Science ›› 2013, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (6): 1459-1463.

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Psychological contract breach, job satisfaction, and voice behavior: The moderating effect of neuroticism

  

  • Received:2012-09-19 Revised:2013-05-28 Online:2013-11-20 Published:2013-12-11

心理契约破裂、工作满意度与建言行为-神经质的调节作用

王永跃,朱玥,王铜安   

  1. 浙江工商大学
  • 通讯作者: 王永跃

Abstract: Abstract:Researchers and practitioners are most concerned about why employees do not speak up in organizations. Previous studies have explored this issue from both individual and organizational perspectives. To fill these research gaps, this study examined the mediating role of job satisfaction and the moderating role of employees’ neuroticism. 750 survey questionnaires were distributed among employees from manufacturing, trading and technical firms in Zhejiang Province. 627 questionnaires were returned, for response rates of 83.6%. After we had deleted unqualified ones, a total of 551 questionnaires were remained and constituted the sample for this study. In terms of statistical strategies, we employed regression analysis and moderated mediation analysis to examine hypotheses. Results showed that 1) psychological contract breach was negatively related to voice behavior (β=-.093, p<.05); 2) Job satisfaction partially mediated the relationship between psychological contract breach and voice behavior (β=.094, p<.05); 3) Neuroticism moderated the indirect effect of psychological contract breach on voice behavior through job satisfaction. That is, job satisfaction mediated the relationship between psychological contract breach and voice behavior only among employees with high neuroticism. This study makes an important contribution to the literature on voice behavior. By integrating the negative factors at both organizational and individual levels, we extended existing knowledge of why employees do not exhibit voice behavior. Our findings also offer several practical implications. First, our results highlighted the negative effect of psychological contract breach on employees’ voice behavior. As such, managers should focus their energy on building and maintaining employees’ psychological contract, thus reducing their perceptions of psychological contract breach. In addition. Finally, from a selection standpoint, our finding suggests that selecting employees with low neuroticism may be necessary to increase the likelihood of employing staff with high level of voice behavior.

Key words: psychological contract breach , job satisfaction, voice behavior, neuroticism

摘要: 摘要:通过对551名企业员工问卷调查,研究心理契约破裂、工作满意度与建言行为的关系,并探讨人格特征的神经质维度在以上关系中的调节作用。结果发现:(1)心理契约破裂感知与建言行为显著负相关。(2)工作满意度在心理契约破裂感知与建言行为关系中起部分中介作用;(3)神经质显著调节了心理契约破裂通过工作满意度影响建言行为这一路径。

关键词: 关键词:心理契约破裂, 工作满意度, 建言行为, 神经质