The failure of the psychological contract: contribution to the adjustment of violation and rupture scales

Authors

  • Joana Vieira Santos Universidade do Algarve
  • Gabriela Gonçalves Universidade do Algarve

Keywords:

Validation Portuguese, violation, rupture, psychological contract.

Abstract

This study is a contribution to the adjustment of scales for the breach of psychological contract, through the scale of psychological contract violation of Morrinson and Robinson (2000) and the scale of psychological contract rupture of Rousseau (2000). The scale of psychological contract violation consists of five items, a Likert scale of 5 points, from the totally disagree to totally agree, with two of the items that are reversed. The rupture of the psychological contract scale (Rousseau, 2000) consists of four items, also distributed on a scale of five points. The final sample consists of 635 human assets of Portuguese public universities. Confirmatory factor in the solution of the scale of rupture of the psychological contract, the data show a better fit in a structure of two factors. The violation of contract scale has also two factors.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biographies

Joana Vieira Santos, Universidade do Algarve

Departamento de Psicologia Área Social e das Organizações

Gabriela Gonçalves, Universidade do Algarve

Departamento de Psicologia Área Social e das Organizações

Published

2010-05-17

How to Cite

Santos, J. V., & Gonçalves, G. (2010). The failure of the psychological contract: contribution to the adjustment of violation and rupture scales. Psico, 41(2). Retrieved from https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/revistapsico/article/view/6224

Most read articles by the same author(s)