The role of future time perspective in psychological contracts: A study among older workers

"Using a sample of post-retirement workers (N = 176), this study investigated the role of future time perspective (FTP) in psychological contracts. The study aimed to test: (i) whether future time perspective is related to employer psychological contract fulfillment and (ii) whether it moderate...

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Published in:Journal of vocational behavior 2010-06, Vol.76 (3), p.474-486
Main Authors: Bal, P. Matthijs, Jansen, Paul G. W, Velde, Mandy E.G. van der, Lange, Annet H. de, Rousseau, Denise M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Groups
Arbeitsanforderung
Arbeitsbeziehung
Contracts
Correlation analysis
Emotionalität
Employees
Niederlande
Obligations
Occupational psychology
Older Workers
Post-retirement workers
Psychischer Faktor
Psychological contract
Psychology
Reciprocity
Responsibility
Retirement
Sample Size
Studies
Time Perspective
Zukunftsperspektive
Älterer Arbeitnehmer
Ökonomische Determinanten
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Summary:"Using a sample of post-retirement workers (N = 176), this study investigated the role of future time perspective (FTP) in psychological contracts. The study aimed to test: (i) whether future time perspective is related to employer psychological contract fulfillment and (ii) whether it moderates relations between psychological contract fulfillment and employee obligations. Based on previous work, three types of employer psychological contract fulfillment are examined: economic, socio-emotional, and developmental fulfillment. FTP was expected to relate positively to developmental fulfillment. Moreover, people with limited future time perspective were hypothesized to manifest a stronger relationship between economic and socio-emotional fulfillment and employee obligations. Results showed that future time perspective is indeed significantly related to developmental fulfillment, and also moderated the relations between contract fulfillment and employee obligations. More specifically, economic and socio-emotional fulfillments were significantly stronger related to obligations among older workers with high FTP." Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: psychologischer Test; empirisch; empirisch-quantitativ. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 2007 bis 2007. (author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
ISSN:0001-8791
1095-9084
1095-9084
DOI:10.1016/j.jvb.2010.01.002