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What Is a Psychological Contract: Types With Examples

Analytics in HR

The psychological contract significantly affects what keeps employees engaged and motivated. One of the most challenging factors of the psychological contract is that it’s unwritten, intangible and sometimes based on unarticulated expectations that employers and employees hold.

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Employee Experience vs. Expectations: How to Make Sure Your Organization is Upholding its End of the Bargain

Newmeasures

In most cases, people apply to opportunities that align with their individual needs, but by the time they get to the interview, the focus has shifted completely to the organization’s needs. Consider your last job interview and ask yourself the following questions: How did I prepare for the interview? How did the interview go?

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Kim Cameron On Mastering Your 1-on-1 Meetings

15Five

Kim: In the research , we refer to one-on-ones as the Personal Management Interview process, or PMI for short. The primary purpose is to create a psychological contract. Yes, there are job descriptions and formal contracts that we all sign, but they hardly ever outline several really important aspects of the job.

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Employee Relationships is a Serious Employer Responsibility

HR Digest

They imply the presence of a psychological contract or an informal, unwritten commitment in the employer-employee relationship, a concept that was earlier defined by Schein (1988). A study by OD Adekoya reported that “there is an increased need for trust, fairness, and respect between both parties (employer and employee)”.

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Key takeaways from People Analytics World, London 2018 – Part 2

Littal Shemer

I continued the fascinating exploration of People Analytics leaders who develop their field, and provide their organizations with valuable tools that enable actionable insights. In this blog I share my key takeaways from the conference 2 nd day sessions, case studies and demos, in which I participated. #1.

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Melanie Hicks On How We Need To Adjust To The Future Of Work

Thrive Global

As a part of our interview series called “How Employers and Employees are Reworking Work Together,” we had the pleasure to interview Melanie Hicks, PhD. That said, I think we will continue to see innovations in technology that change the way we conduct work. This could mean actual process systems or the unspoken social systems.

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HR Analytics Case Study: Why Expats Quit – and how to Retain them

Analytics in HR

Moreover, organizations frequently forget to plan ahead and arrange a suitable career plan for the expatriated employee, causing a lack of suitable positions and consequences for career and psychological contracts upon return ( Pattie, White, & Tansky, 2010 ). Case study.