Psychological Contract Breach, Work-Family Conflict and Self- Efficacy as Predictors of  Pro-Social Behaviour of Bank Employees

Abstract

Psychological Contract Breach Scale, Work-Family Conflict Scale, Self-Efficacy Scale and Pro-Social Behaviour Scale. Three hypotheses were postulated and tested.

Introduction

Background of Study

Organizations come into existence for specific purposes. One of them is to hire employees at different levels. It is the collective efforts of the employees that help organizations to achieve their purposes.

In this sense, organizations can be conceived of as “association of cooperative efforts” (Vivekanand & Pevekar, 2009).

The hiring of employees is generally done for specific positions which carry along with it well-specified roles and responsibilities, so that organization can move towards accomplishing its objectives in a well coordinated manner (Staw, 1984).

Recently, organizations have come to realize that in order to compete effectively in the hyper- competitive business environment, their employees must not only effectively carryout their designated roles,

they must also be willing to engage themselves in extra-role behaviours which generally fall outside the prescribed formal role, but which are nevertheless essential for the survival of the organization (Vivekanand & Pevekar, 2009).

Special focus has been placed on self-motivated employees whose actions extend  beyond the formal requirements of the job.

Dyne, Graham and Dienesch (1994) asserts that organizational employees are expected to not only follow written rules and job descriptions, but also spontaneously perform behaviours which go beyond delineated role expectations that benefit the organization.

The global economy is in shambles, hence organizations benefit from employees who voluntarily engage in work behaviours that go beyond formal requirements and expectations (Dyne et al., 1994).

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