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Schema, promise and mutuality

The building blocks of the psychological contract

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ID23336363
AuthorsDenise M Rousseau (0000-0003-0712-7189, Carnegie Mellon University, corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume74
Issue4
Pages511-541
Publication date2001-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0963-1798 • E-ISSN: 2044-8325
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1348/096317901167505
OpenAlexW2060627807
LanguageEN
Citations received111

Understanding the dynamics of the psychological contract in employment is difficult without research into its formation. Unfortunately, far less research exists on the antecedents and formation of the psychological contract than on the consequences associated with it. Three concepts frequently studied in psychology are particularly important to advancing research on psychological contract formation: schemas, promises, and mutuality (i.e. objective and perceptual agreement). This article develops the implications these three concepts have for future research on psychological contract formation.

Perception · Psychological contract · Psychological research · Schema (genetic algorithms) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Management Theory and Practice · Psychology · Social Psychology

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