Antecedents and Consequences of Relational Components of the New Psychological Contract

The literature regarding the new psychological contract suggests that the traditional paternalistic employer-employee relationship in U.S. companies has eroded. We investigated the relationship between relational components of the new psychological contract (personal responsibility for career develo...

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Published in:Journal of organizational behavior 1999-05, Vol.20 (3), p.323-340
Main Authors: Cavanaugh, Marcie A., Noe, Raymond A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agreements
Career development planning
Careers
Contracts
Developmental psychology
Employee development
Employee-Employer relationships
Employees
Employers
Employment
Employment security
Job development
Job loss
Job satisfaction
Occupational psychology
Organizational Attachment
Organizational behavior
Organizational change
Perceptions
Psychological aspects
Psychological contracts
Psychological research
Psychology
Studies
USA
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Summary:The literature regarding the new psychological contract suggests that the traditional paternalistic employer-employee relationship in U.S. companies has eroded. We investigated the relationship between relational components of the new psychological contract (personal responsibility for career development, commitment to type of work, and expectations of job insecurity), work experiences (involuntary job loss, organizational change, voluntary job change, and violation of obligations), and work outcomes (job satisfaction, participation in development activities, and intention to remain with the employer). We hypothesized that managerial and professional employees' level of agreement with relational components of the new psychological contract would mediate the relationship between their work experiences and work outcomes. In partial support of the model, we found that level of agreement with relational components of the new psychological contract mediated the relationship between work experiences and intention to remain with the employer and job satisfaction. Contrary to the model, no relationship was found among work experiences, level of agreement with relational components of the new psychological contract, and participation in development activities.
ISSN:0894-3796
1099-1379
DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1099-1379(199905)20:3<323::AID-JOB901>3.0.CO;2-M