Building psychological contract: the role of leader member exchanges
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Date
2016
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to address the building blocks for psychological contract
among public institutions in Uganda by investigating the mediation effect of leader-member exchanges
(LMX) in the relationship between perceived environmental dynamism and psychological contract.
Design/methodology/approach – The authors use structural equation modelling (AMOS) to
investigate the hypotheses.
Findings – LMX is a significant mediator in the association between generational work values and
psychological contract and technological advancement and psychological contract among employees
in public institutions in Uganda.
Practical implications – At commissions and agencies level, generational work values and
technological advancement seem to create better effects on employee-employer unwritten expectations
and obligations when they go through LMX. This has important implications for the investment in and
outcomes of these LMX endeavours from both the employer and the employee.
Originality/value – The study is one of the pioneers to demonstrate that the presence of LMX
reflected in the form of a dyadic relationship helps to extend the positive effects generational work
values and technological advancement have on psychological contract.
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Keywords
Organizational climate, Psychological contract, Generational work values, Leader-member exchanges, Public servants, Technological advancement
Citation
Kasekende, F., Munene, J. C., Ntayi, J. M., & Ahiauzu, A. (2016, December). Building psychological contract: the role of leader member exchanges. In Evidence-Based HRM: A Global Forum for Empirical Scholarship. Emerald Group Publishing Limited. DOI 10.1108/EBHRM-06-2015-0024