Are You Thinking the Same Way?

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Journal article

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Autoren

Anja Baethge
Thomas Rigotti

Autoren-URL

https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=fis-test-1&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:000386316800002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL

DOI

10.1026/0932-4089/a000222

eISSN

2190-6270

Externe Identifier

Clarivate Analytics Document Solution ID: EA0YZ

ISSN

0932-4089

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Zeitschrift

ZEITSCHRIFT FUR ARBEITS-UND ORGANISATIONSPSYCHOLOGIE

Schlüsselwörter

doctoral candidates
supervisor
psychological contract breach
similarity
communication quality

Paginierung

187 - 198

Datum der Veröffentlichung

2016

Status

Published

Titel

Are You Thinking the Same Way? Similarity and Communication Quality as Predictors of Psychological Contract Breaches in Doctoral Candidate-Supervisor Relationships

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Article

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Abstract

Abstract. This paper examines the impact of relationship parameters (communication quality and perceived similarity) between doctoral candidates and their supervisors on psychological contract breach, with reference to the theory of Morrison and Robinson (1997) and the schema theory of Rousseau (2001) . A two-wave longitudinal study involving 101 doctoral candidates was conducted, with time points separated by 4 months. Hypotheses were tested using cross-lagged panel analyses. Perceived similarity and communication quality at T1 had no significant main effect on contract breach at T2 (controlled for contract breach at T1). However, the interaction of both variables was found to be significant. If similarity was high, there was a significant negative relationship between communication quality and psychological contract breach. We may conclude that shared mental models are important for the unfolding of the positive effects of communication quality within a doctoral candidate–supervisor relationship.