Being aware of the interplay between an individual type of workplace psychological contract and burnout and engagement experiences is relevant when responding to scholastic calls for a greater understanding of the underlying psychological mechanisms influencing individual experiences. Prior studies have digressed from understanding this phenomenon in its entirety and consequently the complexity of the interplay as well as the outcomes involved were less understood. This paper provides a nuanced knowledge about individual burnout and engagement through the lens of relational and transactional contracts in a cross-national context. Specifically, this was explored through asking the question ‘How relational and transactional psychological contracts explain burnout and engagement experiences of cross-national academics?‘. A qualitative approach was adopted using semi-structured interviews with 20 Australian and 20 Malaysian university academics. The outcomes of the analysis first revealed that, Australian academics’ contracts were primarily more transactional while Malaysian academics’ contracts were primarily more relational. Second, the interplay between individual relational and transactional contracts and burnout and engagement experiences was found to be moderately elusive for both Australian and Malaysian academics. The outcomes also revealed both direct and indirect influences to explicate the interplay.

在应对学业要求更好地了解影响个人经历的潜在心理机制时，意识到个人类型的工作场所心理契约与倦怠和敬业经历之间的相互作用非常重要。先前的研究偏离了对这种现象的整体理解，因此对相互作用的复杂性以及所涉及的结果的了解较少。本文通过跨国背景下的关系和交易合同的视角，提供了有关个人倦怠和参与的微妙知识。具体而言，这是通过提出以下问题来探讨的：“关系和交易心理契约如何解释跨国学者的倦怠和交往经历？”。采用定性方法，对20名澳大利亚和20名马来西亚大学学者进行了半结构化访谈。分析的结果首先显示，澳大利亚学者的合同主要是更具交易性，而马来西亚学者的合同主要是具有关联性。其次，发现个人关系合同和交易合同与倦怠和参与经历之间的相互作用对于澳大利亚和马来西亚学者而言都难以捉摸。结果还揭示了直接和间接的影响，以阐明相互作用。澳大利亚学者的合同主要是更具交易性，而马来西亚学者的合同主要是具有关联性。其次，发现个人关系合同和交易合同与倦怠和参与经历之间的相互作用对于澳大利亚和马来西亚学者而言都难以捉摸。结果还揭示了直接和间接的影响，以阐明相互作用。澳大利亚学者的合同主要是更具交易性，而马来西亚学者的合同主要是具有关联性。其次，发现个人关系合同和交易合同与倦怠和参与经历之间的相互作用对于澳大利亚和马来西亚学者而言都难以捉摸。结果还揭示了直接和间接的影响，以阐明相互作用。