Perceived Organizational Support, Antecedents and Consequences Proposing and Testing a Model in a Public Sector University of Pakistan

This study aims at exploring the relationship of university teachers’ perception of organizational support with its antecedents and consequences. This study uses Social Exchange Theory (Blau, 1964), Norm of Reciprocity (Gouldner, 1960), Psychological Contract Theory (Rousseau, 1989) and Organizational Support Theory (Eisenberger et al., 1986) to develop a model of university teachers’ Perceived Organizational Support (POS) with its antecedents and consequences. The results show that antecedents of leader member exchange, procedural justice, distributive justice and human resource practices were positively related with POS and POS, in turn, was positively related with consequences of affective and normative commitment. Positive relationship between POS and continuance commitment is not supported by this study. In addition to recommendations and limitations of the study, directions for future research are also suggested at the end of the study.