The role of the formal employment contract in the range and fulfilment of the psychological contract: Testing a layered model

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 696-716

  Isaksson, Kerstin ^a   de Cuyper, Nele ^b   Oettel, Claudia Bernhard ^c   de Witte, Hans ^b  

^a MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Employment contract; Entitlements; Model; Obligations; Psychological contract

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649572284     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13594320903142617     Document Type: Article

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