Psychological Contract or Social Contract? Development of the Employment Contracts Scale
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12793273 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John C Edwards (0000-0001-8247-0708, East Carolina University), Steven J Karau (0000-0001-6095-5472, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 67-78 |
| Publication date | 2007-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1548-0518 • E-ISSN: 1939-7089 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/10717919070130030601 |
| OpenAlex | W2111725466 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 35 |
The present research sought to distinguish between two forms of employment contracts— the social contract and the psychological contract. A four-item social contract scale was developed to measure employees' beliefs about the ideal employment relationship. Another four-item psychological contract scale was developed to measure employees' beliefs about their actual relationships with their employers. Internal consistencies for these scales ranged from .72 to .89 across samples in three studies. Factor analyses verified the hypothesized two-dimensional structure. Implications of the two distinct forms of employment contracts for future research and managerial practice are highlighted
Business · Economics · Employment contract · Labor contract · Labor relations · Labour economics · Political science · Psychological contract · Scale (ratio · Social contract · Emotional Labor in Professions · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology · Workaholism, burnout, and well-being
Multivariate data analysis
Psychological Contracts in Organizations
Factor Analysis
Change at Work
Psychological and implied contracts in organizations
Alternative Approaches to the Employee-Organization Relationship
Development of a measure of workplace deviance.
Changing Obligations and the Psychological Contract
The Changing Nature of Careers
Development of the Work Locus of Control Scale
Violating the psychological contract
The practice of social research
New hire perceptions of their own and their employer's obligations
Perceptions of Exploitation in Communal and Exchange Relationships
From Ambushes to Golden Parachutes
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |