Work-family psychological contract as a mediator in the relationships between work-family factors and organizational commitment

Psychological contracts evolve or change over time as a result of changing needs of employees and employers. The dynamic changing demography of the workforce results in employees’ psychological contract with employer pertaining to employer’s assistance in managing employees’ work and family roles. T...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Azim, Abdul Mutalib, Ahmad, Aminah, Omar, Zoharah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Center for Promoting Ideas 2011
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37876/1/Work-family%20psychological%20contract%20as%20a%20mediator%20in%20the%20relationships%20between%20work-family%20factors%20and%20organizational%20commitment.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37876/
http://ijbssnet.com/journal/index/849:vol-2-no-22-december-2011abstract26&catid=19:hidden
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Summary:Psychological contracts evolve or change over time as a result of changing needs of employees and employers. The dynamic changing demography of the workforce results in employees’ psychological contract with employer pertaining to employer’s assistance in managing employees’ work and family roles. This paper presents a conceptual model on the mediating role of work-family psychological contract in the relationships between work-family factors and affective organizational commitment. The model is developed based on the psychological contract theory as well as previous research findings. The proposed model has applied the global psychological contract concept to a more specific concept namely work-family psychological concept.