2. Learning Objectives
I. What is a contract?
i. Explain the underlying implications of a contract.
II. Examine the definition of job work.
i. What is contained in a job contract.
ii. Identify the respective obligations and rights of the employee and employer.
III. Identify and explain the legal and ethical implications of the job contract.
IV. What’s the psychological contract?
V. Identify the causes & consequences of psychological contract violations.
VI. How to reduce violations of psychological contract.
VII. Distinguish between the job contract and psychological.
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5. Implications?
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6. Job contract
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7. Understanding
Job Contract
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8. “ agreement, rights & obligations between
Explicit
employee and employer enforceable by law.
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9. Explicit...
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10. What are contained
in a job contract?
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11. Obligations ...
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12. ?
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13. Obligations ...
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14. ?
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15. Rights ...
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16. ?
Rights ...
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19. Agreement...
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20. Obligations
Employee & Employee must seek agreement
Rights
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23. Legal implications
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25. Job Contract: Fair?
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26. Ethical implications
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33. “
Implicit, unwritten expectations | assumptions that
the employee and employer have of each other.
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34. “
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38. ... resulting to misaligned
expectations.
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40. Broken Expectations
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41. Causes:
Psychological Contract Violation
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42. Consequences:
Psychological Contract Violation
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44. 2
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45. 3
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54. Clarify expectations
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55. Foster the right organisational climate
Open dialogue
Communication flow
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59. What are the key differences
between the EC & PC?
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60. Employment Contract Psychological Contract
Explicit Implicit
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61. Employment Contract Psychological Contract
Objective expectations Subjective expectations
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62. Employment Contract Psychological Contract
Legally binding Not legally binding
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63. Employment Contract Psychological Contract
Rigid & less subject to change Fluid & subject to many changes
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65. Job contract Psychological contract
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