Determinants of Psychological Contract in IT/ITES Industry
Year: 2012
Type: preprint
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The present study is designed to investigate the influence of organizational culture and Human Resource practices (HR practices) on the development of psychological contract as such and two dimensions of it, transactional and relational. Data were collected from 95 full-time working employees based on convenience and snowball sampling from Information Technology/Information Technology Enabled Services (IT/ITES) companies situated in two metros in India. The results indicate that only HR practices, taken collectively, influence the psychological contract of IT/ITES professionals. The results further indicate that only maintenance and retention dimension of HR practices impacts relational contract and no dimension of culture has any influence on it. However, three dimensions each of culture and HR practices influence transactional contract. This suggests that HR managers need to ensure that the HR policies and practices and culture are all well in place to reap the positive benefits of a balanced psychological contract.
Source: SSRN Electronic Journal
Authors: Md. Hassan Jafri, M. G. Shahnawaz
Institution: Jamia Millia Islamia
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W32032645