Broken Promises
The Effect of Psychological Contract Violation on Student-Athlete Trust and Intentions to Leave Their Team
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https://doi.org/10.1123/jis.6.2.179Keywords:
student-athletes, psychological contract, trust, intentions to leave, coachesAbstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact that increased perceptions psychological contract breach between student-athletes and their coaches have on student-athletes’ affective trust in their coaches, cognitive trust in their coaches, and intentions to leave their team. Based on a sample of 248 NCAA Division I and Division II student-athletes, the results reveal that increased perceptions of psychological contract breach significantly lower student-athletes’ cognitive trust in their coaches and significantly increases their intentions to leave their team. Higher levels of psychological contract violation acted as a partial mediator on the relationship between psychological contract breach and cognitive trust. Psychological contract violation also acted as a partial mediator on the relationship between psychological breach and intentions to leave. Neither perceptions of psychological contract breach nor psychological contract violation were significantly related to affective trust.Metrics
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2013-12-01
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Barnhill, C. R., & Turner, B. A. (2013). Broken Promises: The Effect of Psychological Contract Violation on Student-Athlete Trust and Intentions to Leave Their Team. Journal of Intercollegiate Sport, 6(2), 179-195. https://doi.org/10.1123/jis.6.2.179