Abstract:
This study seeks to explore the relationship between psychological contract
violation and organizational citizenship behavior in selected large scale apparel
firms in Colombo district. This research attempts to fill the gap of literature
related to this topic by studying the situation of the jumpers in apparel industry
in Colombo district and to provide more empirical evidence on the relationship
between psychological contract violation and organizational citizenship
Behavior. The data were collected from convenient sampling consisting 86
jumpers in garment factories in Colombo district, Sri Lanka. And used a
structured questionnaire consisting 33 questions with point Likert Scale. Data
were analyzed with SPSS computer package and it included univariate analysis
and bivariate analysis. The findings of the study were psychological contract
violation negatively and strongly correlated with organizational citizenship
behavior. As the multiple regression analysis, 93.6% of the variation in
organizational citizenship behavior explained by the psychological contract
violation. It is concluded that psychological contract violation has a negative
relationship with the organizational citizenship behavior. This study provides
support for filling the gap of theoretical and practical understanding of
psychological contract violation as well as organizational citizenship behavior
of jumpers in garment factories in Sri Lanka.
