A Sensemaking Model of Employee Evaluation of Psychological Contract Fulfillment: When and How Do Employees Respond to Change?

Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 498-520

  Chaudhry, Anjali ^a   Wayne, Sandy J ^b   Schalk, René ^c  

^a SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Context of change; Psychological contract fulfillment; Sensemaking theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 72549110134     PISSN: 00218863     EISSN: 15526879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021886309341739     Document Type: Article

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