Research Trend of Psychological Contract in Construction Management

Xiaoyan Jiang (), Kun Lu, Bo Xia and Qing Chen
Additional contact information
Xiaoyan Jiang: Hefei University of Technology
Kun Lu: Hefei University of Technology
Bo Xia: Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point
Qing Chen: Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point

A chapter in Proceedings of the 24th International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate, 2021, pp 765-776 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Over the past three decades, psychological contract (PC) has elicited an increasing research attention in construction management (CM). However, a research trend of PC application in CM is unavailable. This study aims to address this gap by reviewing PC papers in CM from 1990 to 2019 to ascertain the status of this research area and identify future research directions. This review starts with the definition of PC, and then compares the difference between the PC for individuals and the PC for organizations. Subsequently, this paper identifies three research directions of PC application in CM, namely, human resource management, safety management and procurement management. Finally, this review proposes a dual-dimension framework and some suggestions for future theorizing about the PC application in CM. The findings of this study are believed to provide useful references for the future application of PC in CM.

Keywords: Psychological contract; Construction management; Contracts; Review; Application (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-15-8892-1_55

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9789811588921

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-8892-1_55

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Springer Books from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().