Table 5.
Antecedent, outcome, and moderator variables analyzed by the included reviews and meta-analyses.
| Study | Antecedent Evaluations | Outcome Evaluations | Moderator Evaluations | Comparisons between Groups of Studies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topa, G.; Palaci, F. (2004) [50] | PCB/PCF | Organizational commitment; intention to leave; job satisfaction; organizational trust; neglect; job performance | Type of employment contract; occupational categories; type of firm; design of the study; data collection procedure; publication status; geographical origin of the sample (categorical); participants’ age, gender, and tenure (continuous). | PCB/PCF |
| Zhao, H. A. O., Wayne, S. J., Glibkowski, B. C., & Bravo, J. (2007) [24] | PCB | Affective (violation and mistrust); attitudinal (job satisfaction, organizational commitment, turnover intentions), and individual effectiveness (actual turnover, ocb, and in-role performance). | Type of breach measure (global vs. composite) and content of the psychological contract breach (transactional vs. relational) (categorical) |
Global vs. composite assessment of PCB/ Transactional vs. relational PCB. |
| Bal, P. Matthijs; De Lange, Annet H.; Jansen, Paul G. W.; Van Der Velde, Mandy E. G. (2008) [49] | PCB | Organizational trust, job satisfaction; organizational commitment | Age (Continuous). | N.a. |
| Topa, G.; Morales-Domínguez, J.F.; Depolo, M. (2008) [22] | PCB | OCB, organizational commitment, job satisfaction, job performance, organizational trust, intention to leave, neglect. | Type of work contract, occupational categories, type of company, collection data procedure, and origin of the sample (categorical). Participants’ age, gender, tenure and primary studies’ quality (continuous). | Desirable vs. undesirable outcomes; attitudinal vs. behavioral outcomes |
| Bal, P. Matthijs; de Lange, Annet H.; Jansen, Paul G. W.; van der Velde, Mandy E. G. (2010) [51] | Employer’s Obligations/PCB | Organizational trust, job satisfaction and organizational commitment. | Age and Organizational Tenure, (continuous). | N.a. |
| Kutaula, S., Gillani, A., & Budhwar, P. S. (2020) [52] | PCB, PCF and Violation/PC Content (relational vs. Transactional) | Job satisfaction, organizational commitment, turnover intention, OCB, in role-performance, deviant behavior, loyalty | Personality traits, HRM practices, POS, P-E fit, leadership, job characteristics, organizational justice, contextual factors as cultural values, Emotional Intelligence and economics trends. Work status, type of company. | N.a. |
| Jayaweera, Th.l; Bal, M.; Chudzikowski, K.; de Jong, S. (2020) [27] | PCB/PCF | In-role performance; OCB; turnover intentions; and actual turnover | Inflation rate; Unemployment rate. (continuous). | Transactional contracts vs. relational contracts. |
| Jayaweera, A. T.; Bal, M.; Chudzikowski, K.; de Jong, S. (2021) [28] | PCB | In-role performance; OCB; turnover intentions; and actual turnover | Institutional collectivism; performance-oriented; power distance; future society; uncertainty avoidance; and gender equality practices. (continuous). | Institutional collectivism; performance-oriented; power distance; future society; uncertainty avoidance; and gender equality practices. |
PCB: Psychological Contract Breach; PCF: Psychological Contract Fulfillment. N.a.: not applicable.