... responsibility lies for career management, as reflected in their psychological contract (PC) and (2) evaluate the ability of virtual employees to exercise behaviors capable of enhancing their career development. Design/methodology/approach A mixed-methods approach was used for this study. Study 1 consisted...

... 04 2019 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Skills Career development Career satisfaction Managers Psychological contracts Managerial role requirements, with slight variations, have been well documented and categorized...

...Alessandro Lo Presti; Amelia Manuti; Jon P. Briscoe Purpose The increasing flexibility and discontinuity of labor relations have been associated with the development of new forms of psychological contracts as well as the development of more self-directed and mobile career attitudes. The purpose...

...Noko Seopa; Albert Wöcke; Camilla Leeds Purpose – This research stems from the need by organisations to retain their key talent in the context of the change in the psychological contract manifested from the emergence of boundaryless careers. Many organisations have segmented their workforce...

...Aaron Cohen Purpose – The aim of this paper is to examine whether the concepts of organizational politics, procedural justice, and psychological contract breach can serve as indicators of a global evaluation of the (un)fairness of the organization, and that this general fairness evaluation...

... approach. Findings – Owing to demographic changes, and increasing awareness of the societal, economic and political concerns, the country cannot maintain that implicit promise. The old psychological contract has been breached as the country cannot keep offering similar jobs to the growing number...

...Sigrid M. Hamilton; Kathryn von Treuer Purpose The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationships between elements of the psychological contract (i.e. type and fulfilment) and an employee's intention to leave (ITL) their current organisation. The role of careerism as a potential mediating...

...Aaron Cohen Purpose This paper aims to examine relationships between individual‐level values, psychological contracts, and six workplace commitment forms (organizational, occupational, group, work, job, union). It also seeks to examine whether individual values and psychological contracts relate...

...Narelle Hess; Denise M. Jepsen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine how employees in different generational groups (or cohorts) and different career stages perceive their psychological contracts. Design/methodology/approach A survey of 345 working adults included psychological...

... for occupational identity and the entering of new groups. To be aware of this is of great relevance for individuals and for career management. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Career development Ethnography Social processes Sociology of work Psychological contracts Organizational culture...