eprintid: 60187
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datestamp: 2011-04-11 14:11:55
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type: essay
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creators_name: Syed, Sumaiya
tutors_name: Leede, Jan
tutors_name: Looise, J.C.
tutors_id: 76439454
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title: Impact of organizational restructuring on psychological
contract breach and attitudes of employees working in private
commercial banks of Pakistan
date: 2010
abstract: Organizational restructuring (merger, acquisitions and downsizing) is probably the most
common strategic manoeuvres in business. Given the critical importance of human factors
for their success, this study focused on two important issues. First, to explore the effects of
organizational restructuring (merger, acquisition, downsizing) on psychological contract
breach of employees working in private commercial banks of Pakistan and their effects on
organizational identification and turnover intentions, Second, to explore the interaction
effect of transformational leadership in relation between restructuring and psychological
contract breach. This was a cross-sectional study in which data of 150 employees were
collected from private commercial banks of Pakistan through personal and internet based
surveys. Multiple hierarchical regression analyses were used to test various hypotheses
designed for this research study. This study looks into the way that organizational
restructuring (merger, acquisitions, and downsizing) has significant negative and equal
effects on psychological contract breach, in response to that effects turnover intentions
increases and organizational identification decreases. Findings of this study also highlighted
that transformational leadership effectively reduces the negative effects of restructuring on
psychological contract breach
institution: University of Twente
level: master
language: eng
programme_croho: 60644
programme_display: 60644
department: BMS
domain: 85
full_text_status: public
citation:  Syed, Sumaiya (2010)  Impact of organizational restructuring on psychological contract breach and attitudes of employees working in private commercial banks of Pakistan.  
document_url: http://essay.utwente.nl/60187/1/MA_thesis_S_Syed.pdf