Revisiting The Relationship Between Psychological Contract And Job Satisfaction: The Moderating Role Of Organisational Commitment Behaviour And Team Building

Abstract

This paper examines the relationship between psychological contract (PSC) and job satisfaction (JST) with the moderating effect of organisational commitment (OCB) and team building (TBD) on this relationship. A structured survey questionnaire technique was applied for data collection and 377 responses were received from faculties working in privately owned HEIs located in Noida and Gurugram. The results revealed that PSC has a positive impact on JST. However, the effects of organisational commitment and team building were found significant. Accordingly, this paper contributes to PSC literature by demonstrating the relationship between PSC and JST in a developing world context. From a practical viewpoint, firms need to consider PSC from a holistic perspective by embracing and incorporating key sustainability aspects into various privately owned higher education institutes. Organisational commitments were found to have a significant positive correlation with job satisfaction. From the regression model it was found that the fulfillment of academic staffs’ psychological contract contributed to the development of increased organizational commitment which in turn contributed to increased academic staffs’ job satisfaction level. This research investigated further the application of psychological contract in Indian higher education context and bridges the literature gap on analyzing the effects of Indian psychological contract on job satisfaction through organizational commitment and team building.