A Study on the Relationship between Psychological Contract and H R Outcomes of workers in Divisional Secretariat in Colombo District, Sri Lanka

Abstract

Psychological contract is an essential factor for human resource outcome. Therefore the aim of this research is to investigatc thc relationships between psychological contract and human resource outcome of Divisional sccrctaries in Colombo District. This research investigates for the first time in the public sector, thcrefore the researcher first idcntified the factors which effect to the human resource outcome and thcn idcntificd the most imported HR outcomes with related to the psychological contract. Thc litcraturc rcview revealed some theories and practices related to the psychological contract and human resource outcome in several organizations. Based on factors and strategies identificd through the literature review as well as experiences of the researcher three most importcd H R outcomes were selected for this research. The study consists of two corc conccpts: Psychological contract and HR outcomes. The sample population for the study was drawn from 250 employees working for divisional secretaries in Colombo district. Bases on thesc concepts, the researcher drew up questionnaire. A selfadministered questionnaire was developed by combining two instruments. The findings revealed that psychological contract tend to playa significant role in employees' outcomcs. Correlation analyses rcvcalcd that psychological contract was correlated with HR outcomes and three of its facets including organizational citizenship behaviors job satisfaction and employee commitment.