A Review on Psychological Contract with Concepts and Possible Discussion Areas

Labor producitvity is one of issues that classic management approach attaches great importance. technological change, globalization, quality perception, sustainability, and social innovation made changes on management concept and formed both internal and external environment of enterprises. meanwhile, stress on workforce has been ever grown. during this process, a great variety of theories, methodologies and tools are employed to explain changing industrial relations. to this end, pscyhological contract as a determinant of organizational attitudes and behaviors is also useful to explain employer-employee relationship. however, perception of employees are to be understood to conceive organizational attitudes and behaviors. psychological contract is a tool, a methodology to provide this perspective to managers. toward this end, this study reviews psychological contract concept, context, factors and evolution with a theoretical approach, evaluates theoretical critics, and makes some recommendations for future research.