EFFECT OF RELATIONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACT BREACH ON EMPLOYEE TURNOVER INTENTION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SCHOOLS IN KATSINA METROPOLIS

Abstract

Employee turnover is a negative phenomenon that has a monumental cost
implication on the organization. The study examines the effect of breach of
relational psychological contract on turnover intention of employees in the
management of registered private secondary schools in Katsina metropolis. The
population of the study consisted of 880 teachers of the forty (40) registered
private secondary schools in Katsina metropolis. Cochran (1977) sample size
formula was used in arriving at the sample size of 268. Factor analysis was
conducted. The data collected were analyzed using Correlation and Regression.
The result of the study showed that breach of tangible relational psychological
contract and intangible relational psychological contract have significant positive
effect on employee turnover intention in the management of private secondary
school. On the basis of the findings, it is concluded that if teachers perceive
breach of both tangible and intangible relational psychological contract, their
turnover intention will increase. The study therefore recommends that school
administrators and business managers should be committed to meeting both the
extrinsic and the intrinsic aspects of relational psychological contract such as
employees’ welfare and wellbeing, reliable salary, job security, long term
wellbeing, steady employment and opportunity for growth as well as interest of
the employees in mind while making decision