Is the psychological contract worth taking seriously?

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There is no doubt that the psychological contract between employers and employees deserves retention because it reflects the individualization of the employer-employee relationship and stresses the dynamics of the distribution of power within an organization. Moreover, it presents an opportunity to integrate several significant organizational concepts. However, a host of conceptual and empirical issues still needs to be addressed by researchers for a fuller understanding of the nature of psychological contracts, not the least of which is clarification of the content and features of the contract.

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On meaning, metaphor and the psychological contract: a response to Rousseau (1998)

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Denise M. Rousseau argued that the psychological contract is a construct rather than a metaphor and that it is wrong to view the concept of the psychological contract as based on a metaphor inappropriately borrowed from law. However, rejecting the notion of the psychological contract as a metaphor rather than a construct does not in itself prove that it is derived from a legal metaphor. Furthermore, there is a close relationship between law and the concept of the psychological contract since the contract is defined based on the agreement between parties.

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Fitting square pegs into round holes: mapping the domain of contingent work arrangements onto the psychological contract

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The limitations of existing empirical research on psychological contracts in the context of contingent work arrangements can be addressed using a dimensional approach. This methodology defines the psychological contract in terms of the idiosyncratic reciprocal expectations of employees with respect to their obligations and benefits. It also explicitly integrates how the employees view their relationship with the organization and prevents the proliferation of employee categories to reflect the growing complexity in work arrangements.

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