%0 Journal Article
%T The Implications of Psychological Contract on Employee Job Performance in Education Service Delivery: A Study of Ebonyi State University
%A Henry Adeyemi Aluko
%A Ayodele Aluko
%A Funke Ogunjimi
%J Open Journal of Business and Management
%P 978-999
%@ 2329-3292
%D 2022
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojbm.2022.102053
%X <span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">This paper examined the implications of psychological contract on
employee job performance in Ebonyi State University Abakaliki. The paper
adopted descriptive research design, based on primary and secondary empirical
data exploration to deal concretely </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">with</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> the
phenomena of public personnel management as it bothers on psychological
contract in employment relations and the implication on employee job
performance. The study queried the psychological contract enigma in education
service delivery organizations such as Ebonyi State University Abakaliki,
Nigeria. Primary data were drawn from structured questionnaire administered on
a sample size of 346, with secondary data sourced from empirical academic
journals, newspaper publications, </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">other
internet materials, etc. In testing the research hypotheses, weighted </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">mean
and z-test statistical tools were utilized. In other to depict a clear
narrative </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">from the theoretical and
empirical point of view, the paper employed the</span> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ˇ°</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Social
Exchange Theory</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ˇ±</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">, propounded by the renowned American Sociologist George C. Homans
(August 11, 1910-May 29, 1989). The paper revealed that the efficient and
effective job performance of Ebonyi State University employees ha</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">s</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> been
inhibited by breach of psychological contract, particularly on the part of the
employer (i.e., the state government). The paper indicated that psychological
contract problem has a serious inefficiency and brain drain implication for the
University as well as incapability of the University in deli</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">vering on its mandate and mission statement ˇ°to provide
a conducive at</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">mosphere for teaching, learning, research and rapid
development in order to </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">transform the
untapped, abundant unskilled, human resources in Ebonyi</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> state </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">into skilled powerˇ±. The paper called on
%K Public Personnel Management
%K Psychological Contract
%K Job Performance
%K Education Service Delivery
%K Employment Relations
%K Relational Contract
%K Social Exchange Theory
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=116328