Disentangling the Effects of Promised and Delivered Inducements: Relational and Transactional Contract Elements and the Mediating Role of Trust

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1367-1381

  Montes, Samantha D ^a,b   Irving, P Gregory ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

psychological contract breach; relational and transactional contracts; trust

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRACT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRUST; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACTS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; TRUST; WORKPLACE;

EID: 56849091079     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012851     Document Type: Article

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