Impacts of psychological contract fulfillment on work attitudes and behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic: mediating role of perceived organizational support.

Content Provider	Europe PMC
Author	Yu, Jiawei
Abstract	The paradigm shifts in HRM during the outbreak of COVID-19 involve new challenges for organizations, whereas it remains unclear how psychological contract fulfillment works on employees’ attitudes and behaviors in the new working settings from organizations. This paper explores the impacts of psychological contract fulfillment on employees’ work attitudes and behaviors (work engagement, intrinsic motivation, and affective commitment) during the COVID-19 outbreak, and examines the mediating mechanism of perceived organizational support between psychological contract fulfillment and these work-related variables. For the research, a cross-sectional research design and quantitative analysis were adopted. Data were collected via survey questionnaires and from 405 respondents working remotely during the COVID-19 outbreak. The findings revealed that psychological contract fulfillment positively impacted employees’ work engagement, intrinsic motivation, and affective commitment during the COVID-19 outbreak, and indicated that perceived organizational support significantly but partially mediates the positive associations between PCF and these work-related variables.
ISSN	10461310
Journal	Current Psychology (New Brunswick, N.j.)
PubMed Central reference number	PMC9628416
PubMed reference number	36340890
e-ISSN	19364733
DOI	10.1007/s12144-022-03746-z
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2022-11-02
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Open
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Subject Keyword	Psychological contract fulfillment Work engagement Intrinsic motivation Affective commitment Perceived organizational support COVID-19
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Psychology