You will conduct an interview with a colleague or contact currently employed, focusing on their perceptions of the psychological contract with their employer. You will then write a 3–5-page report outlining the unwritten expectations from both the employee and employer perspectives. The report should analyze whether these expectations align and discuss the implications for organizational commitment and job satisfaction, using psychological contract theory as a framework.
Submission Instructions:
A 3–5-page Word Document
Must include a title page, abstract, and references. These are not counted in the page count/slide count.
This 3–5 page report asks you to interview someone about their psychological contract with their employer, then analyze the unwritten employee/employer expectations, whether they align, and the implications for commitment and job satisfaction — using psychological contract theory.
Key takeaways
- The psychological contract = the unwritten mutual expectations between employee and employer.
- Interview a working contact about their perceptions of it.
- Capture expectations from both the employee and employer sides.
- Analyze whether they align — and the effect of any breach.
- Link to organizational commitment and job satisfaction; 3–5 pages, APA.
Understand the framework
Explain the psychological contract: the unwritten, perceived mutual obligations between employee and employer (beyond the formal contract) — e.g., the employee expects fair treatment and growth; the employer expects effort and loyalty. Note relational vs. transactional contracts.
Conduct the interview
Interview a working colleague/contact about their perceptions — what they feel they owe their employer and what they expect in return.
Analyze alignment and implications
Lay out the expectations from both sides, assess whether they align or diverge, and discuss what a psychological contract breach does — lowering organizational commitment, trust, and job satisfaction, and raising turnover intent.
Format
3–5 pages plus title page, abstract, and references in APA, using psychological contract theory as the lens.
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