Role of gender in psychological contract breach and work outcomes: Evidence from the Indian IT sector

Abstract

The current study is focused on one of the fastest growing industries in India, namely the IT industry. Gender is an important demographic variable and therefore could potentially be highly influential in relation to Psychological Contract Breach in this sector. The results of the study concluded that gender moderates the relationship between Psychological Contract Breach and one employee work outcome: Perceived Organizational Support. However, we found that for three other employee work outcomes examined in the study i.e. Job Satisfaction, Organizational Citizenship Behavior, and Turnover Intention, gender did not moderate the relationship with Psychological Contract Breach. Hence, there is an urgent need to recognize the importance of Psychological Contracts among IT professionals working in India and for companies to develop a comprehensive framework that will help them to solve complex problems of Human Resource Management.