Psychological Contract and Work Motivation

The book offers a realistic basis for employees’ perceptions of mutual expectations and obligations arising from explicit and implicit promises made in a reciprocal employment exchange relationship and is considerable in influencing behavioral outcomes at work. With a view to the societal trends that point to large-scale changes in future employment conditions making formal contracts less effective in capturing employees and employers expectations and obligations, a thought-provoking discussion on how psychological contracts can be linked to work motivation and experimentally examining this interface for determining intrinsic and extrinsic rewards is the prime focus of this book.