Compromisso organizacional e o contrato psicológico

: estudo no setor público

Abstract

This study aims to understand the relationship between the content of the psychological contract and organizational commitment, as well as the relationship between compliance with the psychological contract and organizational commitment. The sample of this study included 178 employees from the Portuguese public sector, aged between 23 and 64. For data collection, was drawn up a sociodemographic questionnaire. To assess the content and fulfillment of the psychological contract, the Portuguese version of the scale developed by Rosseau (2000), the Psychological Contract Inventory, was used. For the measurement of organizational commitment, the Organizational Commitment Scale, the scale developed by Meyer and Allen in 1997, was used. After collecting and analyzing the data, the results indicated that, in this study in the public sector, there were no significant relationships found between the different types of organizational commitment (affective, normative, and calculative) and the various types of psychological contracts, except for two significant relationships. These relationships include a significant relationship between the balanced psychological contract and the affective dimension of organizational commitment, as well as a significant relationship between the psychological contract of a transactional nature and calculative organizational commitment. About compliance with the psychological contract and organizational commitment, were identified significant relationships between affective and normative organizational commitment. These results have relevant implications for understanding the relationships between the psychological contract and organizational commitment among public sector employees.

Date of Award	9 Jan 2024
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Sílvia Lopes (Supervisor)