Perceptions of fairness in the psychological contracts of allied health professionals

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationships between components of the psychological contract, organisational justice, and negative affectivity (NA), with key employee outcomes (i.e. organisational commitment, job satisfaction, depression, and psychological distress) among allied health professionals. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 134 (response rate of 46 per cent) Australian allied health professional completed a questionnaire. Findings – Multiple regressions revealed that higher NA was associated with lower organisational commitment, lower job satisfaction, and higher levels of depression. The psychological contract variable, breach, was associated with depression. Informational justice was associated with organisational commitment. Distributive justice was associated with job satisfaction. Research limitations/implications – This research is limited by its cross-sectional design and that the data were self-reported. The results obtained suggest the potential utility...

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