The impact of frequent organizational restructuring on employees' psychological contracts in a government department.

M. Tech. Business AdministrationDuring the 2010/2011 financial year, the National Department of Human Settlements embarked on its second organisational restructuring effort, in an attempt to align and improve internal departmental performance. It is documented in the academic literature that when organisational change occurs, it impacts on employees. There are, however, few public sector studies of how change affects the psychological contracts of employees. The aim of this research is therefore to add to existing public sector literature by determining whether changes in the National Department of Human Settlements have impacted on employees' psychological contracts in a negative or a positive way. The research seeks to investigate whether the changes have affected employees' trust of their employer, their commitment, dedication, loyalty and career development opportunities