Abstract:
The psychological contract is one of the most important concepts in
organizational context. Simply, psychological contract mean unwritten
agreement between employee and employer. Several reasons cause to breach
the psychological contract and breaches of the psychological contract
generated many negative consequences to organizations such as, reduce
organizational commitment, citizenship and increase counterproductive
behaviours in the workplace etc. Among above mentioned consequences,
counterproductive behaviors in the workplace have significant importance in
the organization. Hence, this paper focuses on investigate the relationship
between psychological contract breach and counterproductive workplace
behaviors. To test the relationship, a standard questionnaire was developed
and the questionnaire was pre-tested, modified and used to capture the
relevant data. This questionnaire is distributed among 100 students in Faculty
of Postgraduate, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Accordingly, the
research subjected to 53 percent response rate. Collected data is analyzed
using quantitative method. Findings revealed that, psychological contract
breach was positively correlated with counterproductive workplace behavior.
