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The Psychological Contract

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The Value of Wellness in the Workplace

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Abstract

The dynamics of social interactions in the workplace have an important influence on the experience of work wellness and the success of the organisation. The influences at work and the management of work form a dynamic and complex system, involving various parties, structures and regulations. The employee–organisation relationship (EOR) is the pivotal relationship in the labour relations system , since the individual relationships between the employees and their employers are the origin of the complexity and dynamics of the total system. This chapter investigates the psychological contract and the employment relationship components of the employer–organisation relationship in relation to employee wellness . The experience of the psychological contract clearly links to the employment relationship. Thus, the employees’ wellness influences their state of the psychological contract, which also has an influence on the experience of the employment relationship. The dynamics of the employment relationship is discussed in the following chapter, where the changing labour relationships of South Africa are also discussed.

Chapter Aim

The aim of this chapter is to investigate the role of the psychological contract as part of the employee–organisation relationship (EOR). The influence of the experience of contract breach and violation on the wellness of individuals will also be discussed.

The focus of this book is on work-related wellness and its value. This wellness does not only refer to the individual’s experience, but also refer to the work-related relational wellness. Chapter 3 will focus on the relational wellness, while this chapter investigates the role of the psychological contract with more individual wellness in a work context.

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Linde, B. (2015). The Psychological Contract. In: The Value of Wellness in the Workplace. SpringerBriefs in Economics. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-402-3_2

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