Employment contracts, psychological contracts, and employee well-being: an international study

Temporary employment has become a focus of policy debate, theory, and research. This book addresses as its core concern the relationship between temporary employment contracts and employee well-being. Covering seven countries, it sheds new light on the nature and role of the psychological contract. INDICE: 1: David Guest, Kerstin Isaksson, and Hans De Witte: Introduction; 2: Thomas Rigotti, Michael Clinton, David Guest, and Gisela Mohr: Investigating the Experience of Temporary Workers; 3: Jose Maria Peiro, Claudia Bernhard-Oettel, Amparo Caballer, Kerstin Isaksson, Francisco Gracia, and Jose Ramos: Flexible Employment Contracts and Temporary Contracts: The Employer's Perspective; 4: Nele Cuyper, Hans De Witte, Moshe Krausz, Gisela Mohr, and Thomas Rigotti: Individual and Organizational Outcomes of Employment Contracts; 5: ReneSchalk, Jeroen de Jong, Thomas Rigotti, Gisela Mohr, Jose Maria Peiro, and Amparo Cabeller: The Psychological Contracts of Temporary and Permanent Workers;6: David Guest and Michael Clinton: Causes and Consequences of the Psychological Contract; 7: Kerstin Isaksson, Francisco Gracia, Jose Ramos, and Jose Maria Peiro: Mutuality and Reciprocity: Causes and Consequences; 8: David Guest and Michael Clinton: Establishing the Main Determinants of Worker Well-Being; 9:Rita Claes, Rene Schalk, and Jeroen de Jong: Similarities and Differences in Psychological Contracts Across Countries; 10: Kerstin Isaksson, David Guest, and Hans De Witte: Conclusions

• ISBN: 978-0-19-954269-7
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 352
• Fecha Publicación: 22/07/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés