Purpose

The study investigates the impact of psychological contract breach on employees' innovative behavior and well-being (happiness, work engagement and mental well-being) who are working from home during this COVID-19 pandemic situation. Drawing on social information processing (SIP) and job-demand resource (JD-R) theory, job stress was proposed as a mediator explaining this relationship.

Design/methodology/approach

Data were collected via a structured questionnaire through Google Docs from 258 respondents working at different capacity in Indian organizations. The study includes those respondents who are working from home during COVID-19 pandemic situation. The hypotheses were tested using structural equation modeling (SEM).

Findings

Psychological contract breach was negatively impacting innovative behavior and well-being. Job stress mediated the relationship between psychological contract breach and innovative behavior as well as well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic situation and especially for those who are working from home only.

Research limitations/implications

The data for the study were collected from the employees working from home during this COVID-19 pandemic situation was cross-sectional. The study implied or spoke about the unmet expectations leading to reduced innovative behavior harming the organization's effectiveness and it also reduces well-being which harms the individual in the era of social and financial uncertainty.

Originality/value

The novel contribution of the study is integrating SIP and JD-R theory during the pandemic situation. The results highlighted meticulous empirical evidence which answers the question that how the unmet expectations cause a detrimental effect on the employees as well as the organizations in this COVID-19 pandemic situation.

中文翻译：

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测试 COVID-19 大流行期间心理契约、创新行为和多维幸福感之间的联系

目的

该研究调查了在 COVID-19 大流行期间在家工作的员工创新行为和幸福感（幸福感、工作投入和心理健康）的心理契约违约的影响。借鉴社会信息处理（SIP）和工作需求资源（JD-R）理论，工作压力被提出作为解释这种关系的中介。

设计/方法/方法

数据是通过 Google Docs 的结构化调查问卷收集的，来自 258 名在印度组织中以不同身份工作的受访者。该研究包括那些在 COVID-19 大流行期间在家工作的受访者。使用结构方程模型 (SEM) 对假设进行了测试。

发现

心理契约违约对创新行为和幸福感产生了负面影响。在 COVID-19 大流行期间，工作压力调节了心理契约违约与创新行为以及幸福感之间的关系，尤其是对于那些只在家工作的人。

研究限制/影响

该研究的数据是从在这种 COVID-19 大流行情况下在家工作的员工那里收集的，是横断面的。该研究暗示或谈到了未满足的期望导致创新行为减少，从而损害组织的有效性，并且还降低了在社会和财务不确定时代损害个人的福祉。

原创性/价值

该研究的新颖贡献是在大流行期间整合了 SIP 和 JD-R 理论。结果强调了细致的经验证据，这些证据回答了未满足的期望如何在这种 COVID-19 大流行情况下对员工和组织造成不利影响的问题。