The Effects of Psychological Contract Breach with Feelings on Organizational Identification, Job Satisfaction and Intention to Quit

This study investigated the effect of perceived psychological contract breach with the feelings of psychological contract violation upon the organizational identification, job satisfaction (internal job satisfaction-external job satisfaction) and the intention to quit. The study was conducted with 300 healthcare professionals by selecting random samples from 4 hospitals in 4 provinces from the Central Anatolia and Mediterranean regions of Turkey. As a result of the study, a negative relationship was determined between the “perceived psychological contract breach” and “organizational identification”. Another negatively significant relationship was determined between the “feelings of psychological contract violation” and “ job satisfaction-external”, “job satisfaction-internal” and “intention to quit”. Other results are given in detail in the study