Psychological Contracts in Organizations
Understanding Written and Unwritten Agreements
- Denise Rousseau - Carnegie Mellon University, USA
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Business & Management (General)
Business & Management (General)
June 1995 | 264 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
The organizational, social and psychological meanings of contracts, both written and unwritten, are the focus of this volume. The author addresses a number of important topics including contract making, interpretation of contracts, contract violations, strategies for changing contracts and contracts evolving from circumstances relevant to the 1990s. In addition, a thought-provoking discussion of how contracts are linked to an organization's strategy and its human resource practices is included. The book concludes with an assessment of societal trends that point to large scale changes in future employment contracts.
Introduction
Contracting
Contract Making
The Contract Makers
Contemporary Contracts
Violating the Contract
Changing the Contract
Business Strategy and Contracts
Trends in the New Social Contract