Sleeping with a broken promise: The moderating role of generativity concerns in the relationship between psychological contract breach and insomnia among older workers
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Garcia, Patrick Raymund James M; Bordia, Prashant; Restubog, Simon; Caines, Valerie
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This paper examines the relationship between psychological contract breach and insomnia among older workers (aged 40 years and up). Drawing upon the conservation of resources theory, we conceptualize breach as a stressful event characterized by a perceived threat, failure to gain, or actual loss of valued resources, which increases psychological distress and insomnia. Moreover, we hypothesized that older workers' generativity concerns would act as a personal resource that would buffer the...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Garcia, Patrick Raymund James M | |
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dc.contributor.author | Bordia, Prashant | |
dc.contributor.author | Restubog, Simon | |
dc.contributor.author | Caines, Valerie | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-09-16T00:22:00Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0894-3796 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/247925 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper examines the relationship between psychological contract breach and insomnia among older workers (aged 40 years and up). Drawing upon the conservation of resources theory, we conceptualize breach as a stressful event characterized by a perceived threat, failure to gain, or actual loss of valued resources, which increases psychological distress and insomnia. Moreover, we hypothesized that older workers' generativity concerns would act as a personal resource that would buffer the negative impact of breach. We tested our proposed model in 2 studies (Study 1 = 123; Study 2 = 168) of employee–spouse dyads. Results revealed that psychological distress mediated the relationship between psychological contract breach and insomnia. These mediated relationships were significant for those with low, but not for those with high levels of generativity concerns. These effects remained significant even after controlling for perceived organizational support (i.e., a social exchange mechanism). Theoretical and practical implications are discussed. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | This research was supported by funding from the Australian Research Council to the second author (grant number DP1096037). | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_AU | |
dc.publisher | John Wiley & Sons Inc | |
dc.rights | © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd | |
dc.source | Journal of Organizational Behavior | |
dc.subject | conservation of resources | |
dc.subject | generativity | |
dc.subject | older workers | |
dc.subject | psychological contracts | |
dc.title | Sleeping with a broken promise: The moderating role of generativity concerns in the relationship between psychological contract breach and insomnia among older workers | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 39 | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 170107 - Industrial and Organisational Psychology | |
local.identifier.absfor | 150311 - Organisational Behaviour | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | a383154xPUB8393 | |
local.publisher.url | https://www.wiley.com/en-gb | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Garcia, Patrick Raymund James M, Australian | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Bordia, Prashant, College of Business and Economics, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Restubog, Simon, College of Business and Economics, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Caines, Valerie, College of Business and Economics, ANU | |
local.description.embargo | 2099-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 3 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 326 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 338 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1002/job.2222 | |
dc.date.updated | 2020-11-23T11:07:49Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-85028345744 | |
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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