Organization‐Based Self‐Esteem,Psychological Contract Fulfillment,and Perceived Employment Opportunities: A Test of Self‐Regulatory Theory |
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| Authors: | Donald G Gardner Guo‐Hua Huang Xiongying Niu Jon L Pierce Cynthia Lee |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs;2. School of Business at Hong Kong Baptist University;3. HROB Department, Business School, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, PRC;4. Department of Management Studies in the Labovitz School of Business and Economics at the University of Minnesota Duluth;5. Management and Organizational Development Group, Northeastern University, and Department of Management and Marketing at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
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| Abstract: | This study addresses organization‐based self‐esteem (OBSE) development by examining the role of perceptions of employer psychological contract fulfillment, and the self‐regulatory processes by which OBSE evolves and produces its effects. Self‐regulatory theory helps reveal why psychological contract fulfillment relates to OBSE, how OBSE mediates its effects, and the ways in which OBSE might interact with perceived employment opportunities to affect job satisfaction, performance, and turnover intentions. The results show that OBSE is related to and mediates the relationships between relational contract fulfillment and employee job satisfaction and performance, but OBSE is not related to transactional contract fulfillment. Nor does OBSE mediate the relationships between transactional contract fulfillment and the dependent variables. Perceived employment opportunities moderate the relationships of OBSE with job satisfaction and turnover intentions. This study concludes with recommendations of ways managers can increase their sensitivity to the types of messages they communicate to employees. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
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| Keywords: | organization‐based self‐esteem psychological contract fulfillment self‐enhancement self‐verification |
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