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A psychological contract can be assessed to be fulfilled, breached, or violated. The underlying explanation for the functioning of the psychological contract is the norm of reciprocity, whereby employees positively or negatively reciprocate psychological contract fulfilment or breach (Coyle-Shapiro & Parzefall, Citation 2008).
The psychological contract has been researched using six different types of methods: questionnaire surveys; scenario methodologies; critical incident techniques; interviews; diary studies; and, case studies. This section describes studies that use these methods and briefly considers their strengths and weaknesses.
This paper explores the impacts of psychological contract fulfillment on employees’ work attitudes and behaviors (work engagement, intrinsic motivation, and affective commitment) during the COVID-19 outbreak, and examines the mediating mechanism of perceived organizational support between psychological contract fulfillment and these work-related variables.
- Jiawei Yu
- Curr Psychol. 2022 Nov 2 : 1-10.
- 10.1007/s12144-022-03746-z
- 2022 Nov
A psychological contract (PC) is a reciprocal exchange of an unwritten promise formulated between and employee and an employer. Stemming from psychological foundations, PCs provide a powerful rationale for why employers must attend to the ‘human’ side of the employee-employer relationship. A major feature of PCs is the individual’s belief ...
Rousseau distinguishes four phases in psychological contract formation and evolution. Firstly, in the pre‐employment phase, professional norms and societal beliefs play a general role. Secondly, more specific components of psychological contracts are formed in the recruitment process.
Jan 1, 2011 · psychological contract we also wish to identify ways in which the field can be developed further. Conway & Briner / Understand Psychological Contracts at Work 01-Conway-chap01 Page Proof page 4 23 ...
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Jul 15, 2022 · While the psychological contract literature has traditionally focused on generalized perceptions (e.g., global and/or composite evaluations), we demonstrate that adopting an event-based perspective (i.e., examining everyday discrete instances of a broken or a fulfilled promise) can provide novel and nuanced insights into the psychological processes underlying events as well as how everyday ...
