David Guest's (1998) complaint about the `problem' of the psychological contract gives me a welcome opportunity to comment on the distinctiveΓand perhaps misunderstoodΓaspects of the concept of the `psychological contract'. I believe that Guest's argument is based upon a series of misconceptions reg
The Content of the Psychological Contract
β Scribed by Peter Herriot; W. E. G. Manning; Jennifer M. Kidd
- Book ID
- 108525737
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 164 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1045-3172
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