Impact of Rumors Prevalence and Workplace Ostracism on Organizational Cynicism and Psychological Contract Violation (Published)
Why do rumors make it difficult for subordinates to follow their bosses’ orders? How do managers keep rumors from having a negative impact? Are workplace ostracism and psychological contract violations breaches motivated by organizational cynicism and/ or negative rumors? Is there a connection between optimistic rumors and the fulfillment of psychological contracts? a sample of (327) academics from Egypt’s private universities were surveyed. ‘a four-part questionnaire that evaluates the study’ axes (workplace ostracism, positive and/ or negative rumors prevalence, organizational cynicism and psychological contract violation).
Mohamed Nasr Saeed (2022) Impact of Rumors Prevalence and Workplace Ostracism on Organizational Cynicism and Psychological Contract Violation, International Journal of Business and Management Review, Vol.10, No.7, pp.29-44
Keywords: Psychological contract violation, Rumors prevalence, bibliometric analysis., organizational cynicism, psychological contract, workplace ostracism
Psychological Contract Violation and Affective Commitment: The Mediating Effect of Cynicism and the Moderating Effect of Employees’ Expectations (Published)
This research is building on the previous research by examining both the mediating effect of cynicism and the moderating effect of employees’ expectations on the psychological contract violations–affective commitment relationship among academic staff in private universities in Egypt. A sample of 395 academic members responded to a four-part questionnaire measuring research variables (psychological contract violation, affective commitment, cynicism, and employees’ expectations). Cynicism was found to partially mediate the violation – affective commitment relationship. Further, employees’ expectations were found to moderate the violation – cynicism relationship. These results were discussed in light of extant literature. Research limitations and implications were reported
Keywords: Affective Commitment, Cynicism, Egyptian academics, Employees’ expectations, Psychological contract violation