Chaudhry, A., Coyle-Shapiro, Jacqueline A-M. and Wayne, Sandy J. (2011) A longitudinal study of the impact of organizational change on transactional, relational, and balanced psychological contracts. Journal of leadership & organizational studies, 18 (2). pp. 247-259. ISSN 1548-0518
Abstract
Workplace transitions are thought to result in a fundamental shift in the employment relationship. This study used sensemaking theory to examine when and how organizational change affects employees' psychological contracts (PCs). The authors suggest that employees interpret organizational change through contextual and cognitive factors related to the change. These factors, in turn, influence whether employees revise their PCs. Results of our longitudinal study suggest that the extent to which contextual and cognitive factors affect employees' PCs depends on the type of PC. Transactional and balanced PCs were unaffected by the contextual and cognitive factors related to the change, while changes occurred in relational PCs.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://jlo.sagepub.com/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2011 Baker College |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ISI, organizational change, psychological contract, sensemaking |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| Sets: | Research centres and groups > Employment Relations and Organisational Behaviour Group Departments > Management |
| Rights: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/rights/LSERO.htm |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/38935/ |
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