Understanding psychological contracts at work : a critical evaluation of theory and research / Neil Conway, Rob B. Briner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conway, Neil.

Contributor:

Briner, Rob B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational behavior.

Social psychology.

Physical Description:

xi, 226 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press Inc., 2005.

Summary:

How can we understand the relationship between employer and employee? What determines the give and take of such relationships and what happens when they go wrong? This book is the first to provide a comprehensive and critical overview of what is now the major way of trying to understand the employment relationship - the concept of the psychological contract.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

1 Introduction and Overview

1.1. Ways of understanding behaviour at work: the psychological contract in context

1.2. Why this sort of book and why now?

1.3. Aims of the book

1.4. Structure and outline of the book

2 The History and Development of the Psychological Contract Concept

2.1. Introduction

2.2. Early development of the psychological contract concept

2.3. Rousseau's seminal reconceptualization

2.4. Contemporary research

2.5. How is the psychological contract currently used?

2.6. Summary and conclusion

3 What is the Psychological Contract? Defining the Concept

3.1. Introduction

3.2. What is the psychological contract?

3.3. Summary and conclusion

4 The Contents of Psychological Contracts

4.1. The contents of the psychological contract

4.2. Assessing the contents of the psychological contract

4.3. How have the contents of psychological contracts been categorized?

4.4. What factors shape employee perceptions of the psychological contract?

4.5. How the content of psychological contracts affects outcomes

4.6. Summary and conclusion

5 How Does the Psychological Contract Affect Behaviour, Attitudes, and Emotion? The Importance of Psychological Contract Breach

5.1. Introduction

5.2. Defining breach and violation

5.3. How often are psychological contracts breached?

5.4. Antecedents of breach

5.5. The consequences of breach

5.6. Moderators of the effects of breach on outcomes

5.7. Examining breach: unresolved issues

5.8. An alternative approach to breach linking psychological contract to outcomes-a 'features-based' analysis

5.9. Summary and conclusion

6 Researching the Psychological Contract

6.1. Introduction

6.2. How has the psychological contract been researched?.

6.3. A critique of designs and methods most commonly used to research the psychological contract

6.4. An example of an alternative methodology-daily diaries

6.5. What has been researched and what else should be?

6.6. Summary and conclusion

7 Challenges for Psychological Contract Researchers

7.1. Introduction

7.2. Challenges for psychological contract researchers

7.3. Summary and conclusion

8 Understanding the Psychological Contract as a Process

8.1. Introduction

8.2. Why should we study the psychological contract as a process?

8.3. What is a 'process'?

8.4. How do existing approaches consider the psychological contract process?

8.5. What are the limitations of existing approaches examining the psychological contract process?

8.6. Applying process approaches to the psychological contract

8.7. Summary and conclusion

9 Managing the Psychological Contract

9.1. Introduction

9.2. Some key issues in managing the psychological contract

9.3. Managing the contents of the psychological contract

9.4. Managing breach and fulfilment

9.5. What can employees do to manage the psychological contract?

9.6. Managing the psychological contract: difficulties and dilemmas

9.7. Summary and conclusion

10 Summary and Conclusions: Prospects for Psychological Contract Research and Practice

10.1. Summary and discussion in relation to the three aims of the book

10.2. Some key issues in developing psychological contract research and practice

10.3. Conclusions

Appendix: Psychological Contract Measures

References

Index

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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0191515639

9780191515637

OCLC:

77849156