We investigate to what extent workplace unionisation protects workers from external shocks as predicted by models of implicit contracts. Using the COVID-19 pandemic as a plausibly exogenous shock hitting the whole economy, we compare workers who worked in unionised and non-unionised workplaces...

This conceptual paper proposes psychological contract theory (PC) as an appropriate lens to advance our understanding of employment relationships in the unique context of the family firm. By focusing on the formation of the PC in family and non-family employees in family firms through episodes...

The last three years have brought unparalleled change, with the pandemic catalysing major shifts in what matters to people and their organisations. In this fascinating, turbulent context, I explore the impact of the pandemic on the psychological contract (PC) from the neglected employer’s...

There is a dark side to the psychological contract that exists between employers and employees. This dark side is demonstrated by how corporations use a positive reputation to close their job openings when the companies’ leadership and management already know the organization functions with a...