Author: | O'Donohue, W. (et al.) |
Title: | The psychological contract of knowledge workers |
Journal: | Journal of Knowledge Management
2007 : VOL. 11:2, p.73-82 |
Index terms: | knowledge management |
Freeterms: | psychological contract |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | The aim of this paper is to explore whether the concept of psychological contracts underpinned by relational/transactional exchanges provides an adequate description of knowledge worker's contracts. The research approach uses interviews with ten scientists from a pre-eminent Australian scientific research and development organization, the Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). The findings show strong evidence of an ideological currency within the psychological contract for this set of knowledge workers. |
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