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We provide a review of psychological contract research, beginning with past conceptualizations and empirical evidence. We tailor this retrospective look by reviewing the antecedents and outcomes associated with psychological contract breach and discussing the dominant theoretical explanations for the breach-outcome relationship. This synthesis of past evidence provides the foundation for ...
As for the emerging and developing themes on the psychological contract, Coyle-Shapiro et al. (2019) point out that they focus mainly on (a) those who investigate an expansion of psychological contracts beyond social exchange, the so-called psychological contracts with a strong ideological charge and their relation to organizational commitment, the presence of this type of contract in the ...
Equity is at the heart of the psychological contract. From a worker’s point of view, employers are currency exchanges. Workers exchange something that has no tradable value (productivity) for something that has universal tradable value (money). If they feel like they’re getting screwed on the exchange rate, they aren’t going to care if ...
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.
First, the continued use of the contractual. concept in the literature is questioned. Second, we deal with the possibility of mixed messages. and divergent expectations surrounding the. delivery of the deal. Third, we present. psychological contract violations within a wider. political economy of capitalism.
The psychological contract is key to the relationship between employees and employers. It shapes the culture of an organization and affects how people work together. It outlines what employees expect and what employers must do. Recent studies have shown how important this contract is for employee health. A study with 3,870 employees in Germany ...
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Why the psychological contract is worth taking seriously. Despite the many problems with the way in which the concept has been developed to date, there is a case for taking the psychological contact seriously. Three main reasons will be outlined, all at a level of policy rather than theory.
