El presente trabajo pretende analizar los procesos de creación y ruptura del contrato psicológico en los grupos. Entendemos que estos procesos están ligados a los procesos de autorregulación grupal como la percepción de eficacia grupal, el compromiso, la satisfacción o las metas y expectativas grupales. Ahondando en este objetivo, pretendemos analizar el efecto de la ruptura del contrato psicológico en grupos de trabajo. Concretamente, tratamos de comparar los procesos de autorregulación a nivel individual (66 participantes) y grupal (43 grupos, 129 participantes) ante el desarrollo y la ruptura del contrato psicológico creado por el feedback negativo dado ante el desempeño logrado. Igualmente se pretende contrastar el rendimiento logrado a nivel individual y grupal. Los resultados muestran que en las fases iniciales, donde se desarrolla el contrato de grupo y las normas sociales, tanto los procesos autorreguladores como los resultados logrados son claramente favorables al grupo. Sin embargo, ante un feedback negativo continuado que implica la ruptura del contrato, el individuo mantiene una mayor confianza en su capacidad para afrontar la situación de lo que lo hace el grupo.
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