PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACTS AND DISCRETIONARY BEHAVIOUR IN NIGERIAN ACADEMICS
PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACTS AND DISCRETIONARY BEHAVIOUR IN NIGERIAN ACADEMICS
Author(s): Mustapha Olanrewaju Aliyu, Akeem Ayofe Akinwale, Adetunji Oluseyi ShadareSubject(s): Regional Geography, Higher Education , Organizational Psychology, Behaviorism, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Univerzita J. Selyeho, Fakulta ekonómie a informatiky
Keywords: Psychological contract; organisational citizenship behaviour; deviant workplace behaviour; Nigeria;
Summary/Abstract: The study explored the relationship between pyshcological contracts and discretionary beahviour in Nigerian academics. The study adopted a survey design and multi-stage cluster sampling to select a proportional sample size of academics in each of the universities, giving a total of 392 an equivalent of 5% of the population. The study found that the higher the proportion of perceived of BPC, the higher the tendency of DWB and the lower the OCB among academics in Nigeria. Similarly, the experienced BPC by 0.290 and 0.157, the quality of research would have lower and upper bound of 0.171 and 0.360 and the quality of research will have the lower and upper bound of 0.043 and 0.225 respectively. This implies that the PC had influenced academics in different ways showing a tendency for OCB and DWB. Unfortunately, the tendency for DWB outweighed that of OCB. Academics who uphold OCB despite the perceived BPC should be encouraged to sustain their good behavior.
Journal: Acta Oeconomica Universitatis Selye
- Issue Year: 9/2020
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 24-44
- Page Count: 21
- Language: English