THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACT

Blanca Giorgiana Grama
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Blanca Giorgiana Grama: Universitatea „Lucian Blaga” din Sibiu

Management Intercultural, 2015, issue 33, 161-166

Abstract: The psychological contract became known as a research paradigm within corporate research, providing a broad framework which explains the employee-company relations. Despite all this, there are still many debates on the concept and a series of criticism were expressed that led to the necessity of some more rigorous theoretical and empirical analysis. The psychological contract refers to the unwritten, implicit expectations that employees have from the company and vice versa; it is that which defines the things the employee expects from the employer. Consequently, each of the parties involved in the contract may have different perceptions on these commitments and obligations. Thus the psychological contract may be regarded as an exchange relation between the employer and the employee. Breaking the psychological contract affects the performance, the morale, and the motivation of the staff in a negative manner. The information presented in this paper is intended to contribute to the theoretical and methodological development of the concept.

Keywords: psychological contract; professional performance; trust (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L29 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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