Psikolojik Sözleşme İhlalleri ile Örgütsel Güven ve Örgütsel Bağlılık İlişkisi: Kamu ve Özel Sektör Karşılaştırması
The Relationship Between Psychological Contract Breach, Organizational Trust and Organizational Commitment: A Comparison of Public and Private Sectors

Summary/Abstract: Psychological contract is a concept that is referred to describe dynamic, evolving according to the changes over the time and unwritten expectations that are based on reciprocity between the employee and his/her organization. One side of this contract is comprised of the employer such as working hard doing quality work, honesty, obeying working rules within the organization, loyalty, etc. And the other side of this contract is comprised of the psychological expectations of the employee from its employer organization such as equal treatment, job security, opportunities for self-development, etc. When either party fails to meet the terms of the contract the situation called “psychological contract breach” arises. Psychological contract breaches on the other hand, may bring about many unwanted results within the organization both employers and employees. This study aims at finding the effect of the psychological contract breaches on the organizational trust and organizational commitment. For this purpose, data were collected using simple random sampling method from the employees working at various public and private sector organizations in the city of Ankara. The results of the study have proven that there are a statistically significant and strong relationships between psychological contract breach perception and both organizational trust and organizational commitment and that these relationships differ significantly in terms of some demographic variables. The study also comprises an analysis with regard to the effects of working sectors (public or private) on the relationships between psychological contract breach perception and both organization trust and organizational commitment.

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