A career stage perspective on employees' preferred psychological contract contributions and inducements

Publication Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2-2015

Abstract

The employer–employee relationship is underpinned by a psychological contract, referring to employees’ beliefs about the exchange of employee contributions and employer inducements. While there is limited understanding of how employers can shape psychological contracts to meet employees’ needs and aspirations, meeting these needs requires understanding employees’ preferences for psychological contract contributions and inducements. The authors propose that career stage models can be used to achieve such understanding. Using the career stage models of Dalton, Thompson, and Price (1977) and Super (1957), insights are derived into the preferred contributions and inducements at various points in an employee’s career lifecycle. These insights are intended to help organizations create desirable psychological contracts and retain valued employees.

Keywords

career stages, psychological contract, employees, contributions, inducements, employee preferences

Discipline

Organizational Behavior and Theory

Research Areas

Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources

Publication

Journal of Management & Organization

Volume

17

Issue

6

First Page

729

Last Page

746

ISSN

1833-3672

Identifier

10.5172/jmo.2011.729

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.5172/jmo.2011.729

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