The interest towards managing structural change successfully through downsizing activities has increased as a result of globalization and the recent economic, technological and demographic changes occurring across Europe. As a result of downsizing activities companies often break a Psychological Contract that an employee has established with the organization when starting the employment contract. This results in employees experiencing negative feelings, lack of motivation, inability to re-motivate oneself after the downsizings and uncertainty about one’s future within the organization. If an employee is unable to rebuild the psychological contract, one might decide to resign from the organization as a consequence. Since employees are companies most valuable asset for companies and the key asset to remain competitive, companies should focus on preventing the violation of the psychological contract. The purpose of this study is to understand why some downsizing survivors decide to voluntarily resign during the post-downsizing era. A collective case study was conducted in a form of interviews from two cases. The results from the primary and secondary data illustrated that employees who are unable to rebuild the psychological contract are more likely to voluntarily resign.

Este trabalho concentra-se no estudo de um dos instrumentos específicos utilizados pelas organizações para administrar suas relações com seus empregados o contrato psicológico. Por meio de uma pesquisa exploratória e descritiva, buscou-se responder se e como a violação dos contratos psicológicos exerce influência sobre os níveis de rotatividade voluntária em empresas de consultoria em atividade no Brasil. Para tanto, foi realizada uma pesquisa de campo, utilizando-se os métodos qualitativo e quantitativo, em duas empresas multinacionais do ramo de consultoria. A amostra, representada por sete consultores seniores que pediram demissão voluntária, permite concluir que a violação dos contratos psicológicos ocorre em empresas de serviços de consultoria em atividade no referido país, e que a rotatividade voluntária está associada a ela. / This research concentrates in a study about one of the specific instruments used by organizations to manage relationships with its employees the psychological contracts. Through an exploratory and descriptive research, the study addresses the question if and how psychological violation influences the level of voluntary turnover in consultant firms in operation in Brazil. To do so, and using a qualitative and quantitative method, the research was applied in two multinational consulting firms in the referred country. The sample, represented by seven senior consultants who left the organization voluntarily, tells that the psychological violation occurs in these firms, and the voluntary turnover is associated to it.

Este trabalho concentra-se no estudo de um dos instrumentos específicos utilizados pelas organizações para administrar suas relações com seus empregados o contrato psicológico. Por meio de uma pesquisa exploratória e descritiva, buscou-se responder se e como a violação dos contratos psicológicos exerce influência sobre os níveis de rotatividade voluntária em empresas de consultoria em atividade no Brasil. Para tanto, foi realizada uma pesquisa de campo, utilizando-se os métodos qualitativo e quantitativo, em duas empresas multinacionais do ramo de consultoria. A amostra, representada por sete consultores seniores que pediram demissão voluntária, permite concluir que a violação dos contratos psicológicos ocorre em empresas de serviços de consultoria em atividade no referido país, e que a rotatividade voluntária está associada a ela. / This research concentrates in a study about one of the specific instruments used by organizations to manage relationships with its employees the psychological contracts. Through an exploratory and descriptive research, the study addresses the question if and how psychological violation influences the level of voluntary turnover in consultant firms in operation in Brazil. To do so, and using a qualitative and quantitative method, the research was applied in two multinational consulting firms in the referred country. The sample, represented by seven senior consultants who left the organization voluntarily, tells that the psychological violation occurs in these firms, and the voluntary turnover is associated to it.

As demands on school-based administrators continue to increase, so do their responsibilities. Historically the roles and responsibilities of school principals have been clearly delineated in both the legislation governing in-school administrators and also in principals' job descriptions. Principals typically know the expectations of their leadership roles, however, the same cannot be said for all vice-principals (VPs). The pattern that emerges is one that shows the VP as being a jack-of-all-trades. Typically, Saskatchewan rural VPs do not have clearly delineated expectations formally or informally in either legislation or job description. Most often VPs positions are advertised as containing a teaching component and "other duties as assigned." The 2001 Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) recommendations for improving in-school administration positions have led to little change (p. 3). The conceptual framework focused on the relationship between geographical location (distance), gender and rural Saskatchewan VP perceptions of employee-made and employer-made workplace obligations. VPs are a critical yet often overlooked component of school effectiveness. This emphasized the need for advancing our understanding of VPs' employment relationship and connecting this to the "VP role restructured" blueprint found in the literature. The purpose of this study was to investigate, explore and describe the pattern of the psychological contract among Saskatchewan rural VP's and facilitate better utilization of their skills and leadership. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used in this study. The quantitative data was derived from Rousseau's (2000) Psychological Contract Inventory (PCI) survey questionnaire. This survey was used to determine the extent of employee-made and employer-made workplace obligations from the VP perception. The sample consisted of 42 VPs employed in rural Saskatchewan schools. The qualitative data were generated from participant responses to the open-ended questions attached to the end of the PCI. The responses to the survey and the open-ended questions were analyzed according to the research questions, emerging themes and recurring themes. After the data were analyzed, relationships were revealed between geographical location, gender, and rural VPs' perceptions of workplace obligations. The findings in this study revealed VPs were generally in agreement that relationships between distance, gender and perceptions of workplace obligations were slight at best. It was also revealed that VPs' perceptions of employee-made and employer-made workplace obligations were characterized as well-being items representative of loyalty and security features of a relational psychological contract. VPs indicated a willingness to commit to the organization regardless of distance or gender. Participants almost unanimously expressed their aspirations for the inclusion of professional growth, skill enhancement and increased leadership responsibilities in their assigned, expected and assumed role behaviors. Participant responses were generally consistent with the literature. Derived from participants' qualitative responses, VPs lead busy work lives. As revealed in the findings, VPs indicated they had aspirations for enhanced leadership opportunities. This study generated many implications for practice, policy and research.

As demands on school-based administrators continue to increase, so do their responsibilities. Historically the roles and responsibilities of school principals have been clearly delineated in both the legislation governing in-school administrators and also in principals' job descriptions. Principals typically know the expectations of their leadership roles, however, the same cannot be said for all vice-principals (VPs). The pattern that emerges is one that shows the VP as being a jack-of-all-trades. Typically, Saskatchewan rural VPs do not have clearly delineated expectations formally or informally in either legislation or job description. Most often VPs positions are advertised as containing a teaching component and "other duties as assigned." The 2001 Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) recommendations for improving in-school administration positions have led to little change (p. 3). The conceptual framework focused on the relationship between geographical location (distance), gender and rural Saskatchewan VP perceptions of employee-made and employer-made workplace obligations. VPs are a critical yet often overlooked component of school effectiveness. This emphasized the need for advancing our understanding of VPs' employment relationship and connecting this to the "VP role restructured" blueprint found in the literature. The purpose of this study was to investigate, explore and describe the pattern of the psychological contract among Saskatchewan rural VP's and facilitate better utilization of their skills and leadership. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used in this study. The quantitative data was derived from Rousseau's (2000) Psychological Contract Inventory (PCI) survey questionnaire. This survey was used to determine the extent of employee-made and employer-made workplace obligations from the VP perception. The sample consisted of 42 VPs employed in rural Saskatchewan schools. The qualitative data were generated from participant responses to the open-ended questions attached to the end of the PCI. The responses to the survey and the open-ended questions were analyzed according to the research questions, emerging themes and recurring themes. After the data were analyzed, relationships were revealed between geographical location, gender, and rural VPs' perceptions of workplace obligations. The findings in this study revealed VPs were generally in agreement that relationships between distance, gender and perceptions of workplace obligations were slight at best. It was also revealed that VPs' perceptions of employee-made and employer-made workplace obligations were characterized as well-being items representative of loyalty and security features of a relational psychological contract. VPs indicated a willingness to commit to the organization regardless of distance or gender. Participants almost unanimously expressed their aspirations for the inclusion of professional growth, skill enhancement and increased leadership responsibilities in their assigned, expected and assumed role behaviors. Participant responses were generally consistent with the literature. Derived from participants' qualitative responses, VPs lead busy work lives. As revealed in the findings, VPs indicated they had aspirations for enhanced leadership opportunities. This study generated many implications for practice, policy and research.

Psykologiska kontrakt är ett tvåvägsutbyte av upplevda löften och medvetna och icke medvetna åtaganden mellan chef och anställd. I tidigare studier framkommer det att kommunikationen på arbetsplatserna har en påverkan på relationen mellan anställda och chefer. Hur ser chefer och anställda på de psykologiska kontrakten? På vilket sätt upplever chefer och anställda kommunikationen på Socialförvaltningen? Hur påverkas relationen mellan chef och anställd om de psykologiska kontrakten bryts? Undersökningen genomfördes på chefer och anställda på en Socialförvaltning. En kvalitativ metod genom intervjuer och en kvantitativ metod genom enkäter användes. Mätinstrumenten var dels inspirerade av Isaksson och Bellaagh (2005) dels egenkonstruerade. Huvudresultatet som framkom var att kommunikationen och relationen har ett starkt samband mellan anställda och chefer. En kortare anställningstid visade sig resultera i en bättre relation mellan chef och anställd. Det framkom 10 gemensamma teman ur chefernas svar. Denna studie har bekräftat det som framkommit i tidigare forskning om psykologiska kontrakt.

Abstract While Psychological contract has actively been studying in Europe and America, our scholars in Taiwan still pay less attention to this area. For an objective view and study on the response of the Psychological contract that has been violated, a particular selected group of Physicians, who are not readily affected by the threat of unemployment like others¡¦ occupation, are set to be this research object; this could truly represent when an employee believes that the organization has failed to fulfill one or more of those obligations and the feeling of degree of practice. This article is based on the viewpoint of an employee to study the violation of the Psychological contract. It discovers that the organizational justice would affect the degree of violation in the Psychological contract, and this research has been applied different ways of study on motivations such as financial, non-financial, salary and promotion. Research discloses that the financial motivation emphasizes on distributive justice, non-financial motivation focuses more on the procedural justice. The higher recognition of the salary distributive and procedural justice, the less violation of the Psychological contract; the higher recognition of the promotion distributive and procedural justice, the less violation of the Psychological contract. Research study is divided into two methodologies: qualitative and quantitative. The former study is to infer the theory of western justice and to see if Taiwan is appropriate for evidence and the relationship between the developing of the affirmative research variables; the first step is to proceed with qualitative research by doing literature collection and interviewing with 8 different cases where the chosen objects are complied with the basis of this research. The latter study is to apply the well-established quantitative chart edited according to this research demand and the objects¡¦ characteristics, and it also proceeds further with the professional effectiveness analysis. From the literature survey and personal interviews, it is discovered that the appearance of the self-esteem within the characteristics of personality would influence the degree of the violation in the Psychological contract. Hence, during the proof of quantitative way, the self-esteem is set to be the interference of violation degree variable in the Psychological contract. Research result indicates that the interaction between the self-esteem and the promotion distributive justice will affect the violation of promotion Psychological contract. During the period of the quantitative survey which coincided with the widespread of SARS, Taiwan was first encountered the serious impact of SARS incidents and the surveyed physicians were positioned themselves at the frontline and their stress and the additional workloads were never happened before. This incident was unexpected whatsoever in this research plan and it was certainly an obstacle and caused extreme difficulty during all the samples collection. Keywords: psychological contract violation, salary, promotion, organizational justice.

This thesis aims to investigate the relation between ¡§the school psychological contract¡¨ and the ¡§job satisfaction of the teachers¡¨.This thesis builds the theory,the study structure,and the basis of designing the study instrument by the reviewing and the surveying the literature.Subjects were sampled from twenty-eight secondary schools in Kaohsiung county.Four hundred and seventy-three copies of formal questionnaires were delivered to the subjects and there were four hundred and eighteen valid copies.The collected data were analyzed by using the statistical methods of descriptive,statics,independent-samples T-test,one-way ANOVA,Pearson product-moment correlation and multiple regression¡]step-wise-regression procedure¡^. According to the result of the data analysis,the main findings are the following: 1. The whole performance of ¡§the school psychological contract¡¨is middle-high level.Among the sectional scores,the dimension of ¡§being identified oneself with the school¡¨was the highest. 2. The whole performance of ¡§the job satisfaction of the teachers¡¨is middle-high level.Among the sectional scores,the dimension of ¡§ the relationships between colleagues¡¨ was the highest. 3. The male teachers in secondary school have a higher sense of ¡§being considerate and caring about colleagues,and more willing¡¨,¡¨ providing a supportive environment¡¨. 4. The elder teachers and the chiefs of the departments in secondary school have a higher sense of ¡§school psychological contract ¡¨. 5. The elder,the senior teachers and the chiefs of departments in secondary school sense more about the ¡§job satisfaction of the teachers¡¨. 6. The better ¡§school psychological contract¡¨ will be, the more ¡§job satisfaction of the teachers¡¨will be. 7. The ¡§school psychological contract¡¨can predict the ¡§job satisfaction of the teachers¡¨,and the dimension of¡¨ providing a supportive environment¡¨is the primary predictable variable.

As teachers begin their careers they develop a psychological contract with their organization (Rousseau, 1995); beginning teachers have expectations about what supports will be available and what they will give the organization in return. To ensure that the most effective teachers are working in classrooms it is important to identify and provide the necessary induction supports that beginning teachers need to reach their potential and ensure that they are flourishing in our schools. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship among rural Saskatchewan beginning teachers’ perceptions of their psychological contract with their organizations, the induction supports received, and beginning teacher flourishing in schools. The main objective of this research was to answer the following research questions: 1) How do rural beginning teachers describe the actual induction supports they are receiving from their organizations? 2) How do rural beginning teachers perceive and understand the reciprocal elements of the psychological contract with their organizations? 3) How do rural beginning teachers perceive their flourishing in schools? 4) What relationship exists among beginning teachers’ perceptions of their psychological contract, induction support provided and beginning teacher flourishing in schools? A mixed methods approach was used. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected from 110 beginning teachers in 21 rural Saskatchewan schools divisions using the Supporting the Psychological Contract toward Flourishing (SPCF) survey. Rural Saskatchewan beginning teachers acknowledged receiving positive induction support in the areas of: administrative support, procedures and protocols, consultation with experienced teachers, support with collegiality and belonging, resources, and professional development. They required more support with mentorship, levels of extra-curricular involvement, classroom management, and first year meetings. Beginning teachers perceived that they were strongly committed to their organization and that their employer was generally fulfilling their obligations to them as employees. Beginning teachers in elementary schools, and in some cases K-12 schools, felt better support than those in middle/ high schools. Beginning teachers perceived a low degree of flourishing as they began their careers; however, after one year, they experienced growth. Finally, relationships were noted among beginning teachers’ psychological contract and induction, their psychological contract and flourishing, and between induction and flourishing. Implications for theory and practice are presented regarding beginning teacher induction constructs, gender and type of school influences, and the relationship among induction, psychological contract, and flourishing. Future research is required in the areas of beginning teacher induction, psychological contract, flourishing and the relationship among all three concepts.

Under de senaste decennierna har det ökat ett intresse för det så kallade psykologiska kontraktet. Det psykologiska kontraktet innehåller de förväntningar på skyldigheter som finns mellan arbetsgivare och arbetstagare. Även om forskning har ökat finns det fortfarande luckor i hur individuella aspekter påverkar. Syftet med den här studien är därför att undersöka om könstillhörighet har någon inverkan på upplevelsen av psykologiska kontraktet. Studien kommer undersöka om det finns några eventuella skillnader mellan könen samt om det finns några skillnader mellan könen i upplevelsen av att psykologiska kontraktet har uppfyllts. Studien har en kvantitativ ansats och besvaras med hjälp av enkäter. I studien deltog 78 deltagare varav 47 kvinnor och 31 män. Resultatet visar att könstillhörighet inte har någon signifikant inverkan på vare sig omfattningen av psykologiska kontraktet, olika delar av psykologiska kontraktet eller uppfyllandet av psykologiska kontraktet. Slutsatsen av studien är att könstillhörighet inte har någon inverkan på det psykologiska kontraktet.