Remote Management Styles : Effects of Relational Psychological Contracts and Leadership Style on Teleworkers

Traditional, face-to-face, office environments are gradually being replaced by virtual interaction and remote management. This physical separation can create circumstances in which conventional management approaches may no longer be appropriate. This research develops a model that explains how transformational leadership combined with the application of relational psychological contracts and open management communication could positively influence employee organizational commitment and intent to stay for teleworkers. The research design for this qualitative study was based on triangulation of evidence from multiple management literature sources in combination with secondary evidence from a systematic literature review and an ethnographic study (i.e., employee interviews). The results show that a specific work strategy building upon transformational leadership, relational psychological contracts, and open management communication is positively associated with increased organizational commitment for remote employees