Abstract
When organizations fail to provide employees with
what they promised, employees may reduce their
efforts, negatively impacting productivity, innovation,
and organizational commitment. This study reports on
the impact of breach and violation on union
commitment in the South African workplace, based on
271 trade union members. Hierarchical regression was
employed to examine the impact. Breach has a
significant negative effect on union commitment, such
that higher levels of breach result in lower levels of
union commitment. This finding is contrary to previous
research. Practical implications are presented in the
proceeding.