Psychological contract: is it still an important organisational phenomenon?
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Paper/Presentation Title | Psychological contract: is it still an important organisational phenomenon? |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | |
Author | Maguire, Heather |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 2002 Pacific Conference on Manufacturing |
Number of Pages | 10 |
Year | 2002 |
Place of Publication | Brisbane, Australia |
Conference/Event | Pacific Conference on Manufacturing 2002 |
Event Details | Pacific Conference on Manufacturing 2002 Event Date 27 to end of 29 Nov 2002 Event Location Bangkok, Thailand |
Abstract | Current business environments are testing the relevance of the traditional psychological contract between employees and organisations. Commitment, previously the cornerstone of many psychological contracts, is diminishing in importance as organisations pursue increasingly transactional relationships with employees and as employees move towards 'protean' careers. The question of whether these more self-serving organisational and personal strategies diminish the importance of the 'psychological contract' is addressed. The paper concludes, firstly, that such contracts continue to make an important contribution to organisational relationships but that organisations must seek ways of adjusting the terms of such contracts to meet the needs of an increasingly mobile and protean workforce. A second conclusion is that the psychological contract can play an important part in creating the 'agile' enterprise. |
Keywords | psychological contracts |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 350504. Industrial and employee relations |
520104. Industrial and organisational psychology (incl. human factors) | |
350503. Human resources management | |
Public Notes | No evidence of copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Management and Marketing |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9yw8x/psychological-contract-is-it-still-an-important-organisational-phenomenon
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