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Despite considerable research on psychological contracts, their dynamics in work arrangements with more than two parties are largely unknown. Multi-party work arrangements differ from traditional ones because individuals are vulnerable to unfulfilled psychological contracts by more than one party, potentially directing negative emotional responses not only toward the responsible party but also displacing it to the other (innocent) party. Primary data from a two-wave survey of 221 current expatriates are used to test the effects of displaced aggression and emotion regulation in multi-party psychological contracts. We find that feelings of violation following unfulfilled psychological contracts predict reduced commitment both to the perpetrating organization and the innocent party. However, this spillover effect is asymmetric and follows displaced aggression theory: Expatriates displace their aggression on to the host in response to feelings of violation towards the home organization, but not the reverse. This mechanism is buffered by the individual characteristic of high emotion regulation self-efficacy.
Author(s): Schuster T, Bader AK, Bader B, Rousseau D
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
Year: 2022
Volume: 95
Issue: 4
Pages: 867-888
Print publication date: 01/12/2022
Online publication date: 01/10/2022
Acceptance date: 01/09/2022
Date deposited: 07/09/2022
ISSN (print): 0963-1798
ISSN (electronic): 2044-8325
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12405
