Psychological contract violation beyond an employees' perspective: The perspective of employers

Employee Relations

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 110-125

  Nadin, Sara J ^a   Williams, Colin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employees; Employers; Psychological contract violation; Psychological contracts; Small businesses

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455162588     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425451211191841     Document Type: Article

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