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- Contracts that provide socioemotional support lead to higher work engagement. Studies frequently refer to the psychological contract as an antecedent of work engagement.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0148296319300037Fostering work engagement: The role of the psychological contract
Aug 1, 2019 · Results show that both the relational and the balanced contracts have a significantly positive impact on work engagement, while both the transactional and the transitional contracts have a significantly negative impact on work engagement.
- Maria Eduarda Soares, Pilar Mosquera
- 2019
Clearly, the psychological contract is a useful theory for understanding the employment relationship, and how agreement or disagreement, very often based on unwritten and even unspoken perceptions, affect attitudes and behavior at work.
Aug 1, 2022 · Breach of the psychological contract may negatively affect the employee’s attitudes and behaviours toward an organisation, leading to a loss of confidence, respect, and possible negative emotional responses (Abbas and Al Hasnawia, 2020).
Nov 23, 2023 · People’s engagement and success at work depend heavily on the psychological contract. Professionals must design strategies to manage employee expectations effectively. This study examined how employee work engagement is influenced by transactional and relational psychological contract fulfillment.
The findings revealed that psychological contract fulfillment positively impacted employees’ work engagement, intrinsic motivation, and affective commitment during the COVID-19 outbreak, and indicated that perceived organizational support significantly but partially mediates the positive associations between PCF and these work-related variables.
- Jiawei Yu
- Curr Psychol. 2022 Nov 2 : 1-10.
- 10.1007/s12144-022-03746-z
- 2022 Nov
Nov 29, 2020 · Subsequent to the signing of an employment contract, the psychological contract (employee expectations vs employer obligations) evolves a nd shifts as both employer and employee modify their...
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Studies frequently refer to the psychological contract as an antecedent of work engagement. However, these studies mainly analyze the effects of a psychological contract breach on engagement, and neglect the subject of how different types of psychological contracts affect work engagement.