Low-status expatriates in the United Arab Emirates: a psychological contract perspective
研究了108名阿联酋低社会经济地位外籍员工的心理契约，发现组织支持通过心理契约履行影响离职意向，但契约履行与离职意向呈正相关，结果出乎意料。
This study examines the psychological contracts held by expatriates with low socioeconomic status. We develop and test a moderated mediation model that examines the direct relationship between organisational support and intention to leave via the mediating role of psychological contract fulfilment. We also examine the moderating role of transactional psychological contracts on this indirect relationship in a sample of 108 low-status expatriates in the United Arab Emirates. Our results validate the assumptions made in psychological contract theory on the direct effect of organisational support and contract fulfilment. However, contrary to our expectations, the findings revealed a positive relationship between contract fulfilment and intention to leave. We discuss the implications of these mixed results for theory and practice.