Measuring Fulfillment and Breach in the Organizational Psychological Contract: The Development and Validation of a Brief Scale
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https://doi.org/10.71332/cnkgge43Palabras clave:
Psychological Contract, Fulfillment, Breach, Internal Structure , Measurement InvarianceResumen
This study reports the development and psychometric validation of the Organizational Psychological Contract Fulfillment/Breach Scale (PCFBS), a brief instrument designed to assess employees’ perceptions of psychological contract fulfillment and breach as two related but distinct constructs. A sample of 384 employees from public and private organizations in Puerto Rico participated in the study. The internal structure of the scale was examined using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) with the WLSMV estimator. Results consistently supported a two-factor structure distinguishing fulfillment and breach over a unidimensional alternative, with robust primary loadings and minimal cross-loadings in the ESEM solution. Evidence of convergent and discriminant validity was obtained through variance-based criteria (AVE, ASV, MSV) and through theoretically consistent associations with external variables, including work engagement, job satisfaction, affective commitment, burnout dimensions, turnover intention, and social desirability. Multigroup CFA supported configural, metric, and scalar measurement invariance across gender, age, education level, job position, employment type, and organizational sector. Both subscales demonstrated strong internal consistency and score precision. Overall, the findings indicate that the PCFBS is a reliable, valid, and invariant measure suitable for assessing psychological contract fulfillment and breach in Spanish-speaking organizational contexts.
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