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Psychological Contract of Flexible Employment Staff:Connotation,Characteristics and Balancing Mechanism

Lijun Wang

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Psychological contract is an effective facility of coordinating labor relations.The psychological contract of flexible employment staff has different characteristics from that of regular employees.The contents of the psychological contract of flexible employment staff are mainly transaction dimensions;the psychological contract is highly unstable and easy to cause the break and violation of contract,and seperation of professional loyalty and organizational loyalty;there are differences in the psychological contract of flexible employment staff at different career stages.Establishing a balancing mechanism is helpful for flexible employment staff developing and maintaining good psychological contract.The balancing mechanism of psychological contract includes realizing the balance between professional loyalty and employment guarantee through developing employability,realizing the balance between relationship psychological contract and transaction psychological contract through developing respect and care,exerting supportive human resource management and realizing the balance between the feelings of passive obedience and active organization and support.

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Psychological contract is an effective facility of coordinating labor relations.The psychological contract of flexible employment staff has different characteristics from that of regular employees.The contents of the psychological contract of flexible employment staff are mainly transaction dimensions;the psychological contract is highly unstable and easy to cause the break and violation of contract,and seperation of professional loyalty and organizational loyalty;there are differences in the psychological contract of flexible employment staff at different career stages.Establishing a balancing mechanism is helpful for flexible employment staff developing and maintaining good psychological contract.The balancing mechanism of psychological contract includes realizing the balance between professional loyalty and employment guarantee through developing employability,realizing the balance between relationship psychological contract and transaction psychological contract through developing respect and care,exerting supportive human resource management and realizing the balance between the feelings of passive obedience and active organization and support.

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Psychological contract is an effective facility of coordinating labor relations.The psychological contract of flexible employment staff has different characteristics from that of regular employees.The contents of the psychological contract of flexible employment staff are mainly transaction dimensions;the psychological contract is highly unstable and easy to cause the break and violation of contract,and seperation of professional loyalty and organizational loyalty;there are differences in the psychological contract of flexible employment staff at different career stages.Establishing a balancing mechanism is helpful for flexible employment staff developing and maintaining good psychological contract.The balancing mechanism of psychological contract includes realizing the balance between professional loyalty and employment guarantee through developing employability,realizing the balance between relationship psychological contract and transaction psychological contract through developing respect and care,exerting supportive human resource management and realizing the balance between the feelings of passive obedience and active organization and support.

Key concepts: Psychological contract, Loyalty, Business, Connotation, Balance (ability), Database transaction, Obedience, Feeling

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