Proceedings of the 5th Annual International Conference on Management Research (AICMaR 2018)

Exploring Psychological Contract Breach of Indonesian Academics

Authors
Linda Lambey, Herman Karamoy, Robert Lambey, Lintje Kalangi
Corresponding Author
Linda Lambey
Available Online February 2019.
DOI
10.2991/aicmar-18.2019.25How to use a DOI?
Keywords
psychological contract breach; Indonesian academics
Abstract

This paper examines Indonesian academics perceptions on their psychological contract breaches (PCB) and the effects of PCB on their employment relationships and contributions toward the organizations. This is a qualitative exploratory study. In-depth interviews on 40 respondents in four public and private universities in Manado city and content analysis were conducted to explore the phenomenon of psychological contract breach. Findings indicate that academics perceived contract breach when (1) they are not appointed in structural position (hierarchical organizational structure), (2) they are being treated unfairly (unfair access to attend seminars, workshops and trainings paid by their university or faculty, to have projects which can contribute additional income to academics, and to be appointed as thesis supervisors or examiners), (3) lack of support from their employers in helping them to pursue their career advancement (for instances, employers signing their career advancement paper), giving information about opportunities to pursue their further studies including permitting and signing their studies document/application paper, (4) overlapping tasks and lack employer’s assertiveness in their leaderships. Negative consequences are they tend to be disappointed and thus they are not motivated to work productively and effectively, not committed or devoted to their employers and organizations.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 5th Annual International Conference on Management Research (AICMaR 2018)
Series
Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research
Publication Date
February 2019
ISBN
978-94-6252-672-3
ISSN
2352-5428
DOI
10.2991/aicmar-18.2019.25How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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