Redefining the Psychological Contract in the Digital Era: Issues for Research and Practice

This book explores the psychological contract in the digital era, highlighting the shifts in employer-employee expectations and obligations. It offers insights into the antecedents, consequences, and facets of the new multi-level contextual digital era psychological contract, with a primary audience of students and professionals in industrial and organizational psychology and human resource management.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 335 pages
Publication date: 20 February 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This comprehensive book delves into the psychological contract as a multifaceted and contextual construct, shedding light on its intricacies in the digital era. It addresses knowledge gaps regarding the nature of the psychological contract in the context of the digital age, highlighting its transformative impact on employer-employee relationships. The book's volume presents promising new avenues for psychological contract research, offering a rich compendium of insights into the shifts in employer-employee expectations and obligations. Chapter contributions are organized into four main sections:

The Digital Era: Contextual Issues and the Psychological Contract

Managing the Psychological Contract in the Digital Era: Issues for Organisational Practice

Managing the Psychological Contract in the Digital Era: Issues of Diversity

Integration and Conclusion

Redefining the Psychological Contract in the Digital Era is a thought-provoking exploration of the evolving nature of the psychological contract, providing novel insights into its antecedents, consequences, and various facets. This book is primarily aimed at advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students in industrial and organizational psychology and human resource management, as well as scholars engaged in both academic and applied work settings. Additionally, human resource managers and professionals will find this book volume of great interest.

Weight: 551g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030638665
Edition number: 1st ed. 2021