Fifty Years of Psychological Contract Research: What Do We Know and What are the Main Challenges?

Conway, Neil; Briner, Rob B.

doi:10.1002/9780470745267.ch3

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“…This is consistent with previous literature (Conway and Briner 2009;De Meuse et al 2001;Robinson et al 1994), which suggests that the PC changes with time. However, the firefighters interviewed seemed to suggest that this wasn't a positive change and that they were now overwhelmed by the different duties required of them.…”

Section: Employee Obligationssupporting

confidence: 93%

“…In contrast, the employees who were not in a relationship or who were single were more satisfied in terms of their work-life balance. These findings resonate with Briner (2009) andMillward (2006) who found that events such as marriage and parenthood influence or change an employee's perceived obligations from their employer.…”

Section: Theme 3: Stressors and Their Effectssupporting

confidence: 81%

“…As noted above, employer obligations reported by our participants represent both transactional and relational elements because they refer to monetary and non-monetary exchanges within an open-ended agreement (Rousseau 1990). However, the obligations referred to by the majority of interviewees are relational because they are implicit and subjective with no clear time frame (Conway and Briner 2009). This is most likely because the firefighters sampled were all full-time (career) firefighters as opposed to part-time or volunteers, whose PCs are more transactional in nature.…”

Section: Employee Obligationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Transactional refers to obligations that are extrinsic, that occur in a close-ended time frame, that are static and observable (e.g., pay and reward). In contrast, relational obligations are more open-ended, intrinsic, dynamic and subjective (e.g., job security) (Conway and Briner 2009;Rousseau and McLean Parks 1993). PC therefore covers a range of issues like trust, fairness, promotion, training, development and decision making (Conway and Briner 2005;Turnley and Feldman 2000).…”

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An Interview Study of the Experiences of Firefighters in Regard to Psychological Contract and Stressors

Duran

Woodhams

Bishopp

2018

Employ Respons Rights J

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As the first qualitative study of its kind, this study explored firefighters' beliefs and experiences about the psychological contract between themselves as employees and their employer, workplace stress, stress-management strategies, and their wellbeing. Eleven interviews were conducted with active firefighters from multiple fire stations in the UK. The interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. The transcripts were analysed using framework analysis. Five superordinate themes were identified and labelled as 'Motives', 'Mutual obligations', 'Stressors and their effects', 'Moderators', and 'Retention factors', each of which contained lower level sub-themes. Psychological contract (PC) is a useful construct to measure firefighters' perceived obligations as their responses reflected multiple facets of PC theory. The current climate of austerity measures appears to be negatively impacting on firefighters in terms of reducing numbers and placing higher task demands on those remaining. Thus, making it very difficult for the UK Fire and Rescue Service (UKFRS) to meet the perceived obligations of their employees. The findings have implications for human resource departments within UKFRS trying to manage the impact of funding cuts and they highlight the potential value of the PC as a construct around which such issues can be explored.

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Section: Employee Obligationssupporting

confidence: 93%

Section: Theme 3: Stressors and Their Effectssupporting

confidence: 81%

Section: Employee Obligationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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An Interview Study of the Experiences of Firefighters in Regard to Psychological Contract and Stressors

Duran

Woodhams

Bishopp

2018

Employ Respons Rights J

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“…Persistent use of field studies and survey methods has resulted in a "methodological rut" (Conway & Briner, 2009;Taylor & Tekleab, 2004). Use of mixed method research design would be better to have better insight.…”

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confidence: 99%