Abstract

The idea of the psychological contract, as a tacit mental representation of an employee’s expectations of the work exchange with the employer, is congruent with the concept of a construction, as recognized by constructivism and personal construct psychology (PCP) in particular. This relationship was addressed by examining how a group of employees construe their psychological contracts. The empirical findings challenge the received wisdom that the psychological contract emerges during work socialization in response to environmental cues and signals, positing instead that antecedent individual and social experiences contribute to work predispositions that independently shape and influence psychological contract construal. Specifically, the findings point to the role of sociality in sharing cultural values that materially define the construction.

摘要

心理契约的概念，作为员工对与雇主的工作交流的期望的默认心理表征，与建构主义和个人建构心理学（PCP）特别认可的建构概念一致。通过研究一组员工如何解释他们的心理契约来解决这种关系。实证研究结果挑战了公认的智慧，即心理契约在工作社会化过程中出现，以响应环境线索和信号，相反，假设先前的个人和社会经验有助于独立塑造和影响心理契约解释的工作倾向。具体而言，研究结果指出了社会性在分享实质上定义建筑的文化价值观方面的作用。