MANAGING CHANGE WITH AN INTERVENTION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACT

Authors

  • Shaoib Hyder
  • Sumaiya Syed
  • Salman Bashir Memon

Keywords:

Change Management, Psychological Contract, Quantitative Study

Abstract

Organizations assess their feasibility to manage change by weighing their response and outcome, whereby humans seem most important. This study engaged two hundred and ninety-two mid-level professionals with a working experience of either public or private organizations of information and Communication Technologies in Pakistan. it is revealed that the association of psychological contract and its fulfillment towards change management and willingness to change is quite posturing a positive impact. The study has concluded that the psychological contract is a complete subject line of commitments and promises, whereby the response of employees during changing time depends on their personality, situation and structure of change process. Significantly, change rehearsal is obligatory to the organization. Moreover, the extent of fulfillment by both parties is a facilitating footstep towards bringing effective change in an organization, and at all, the intervention of psychological contract assists in directing the individual learning for change adaptation and organizational learning for change implementation.

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2020-06-01

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Hyder, S., Syed, S., & Memon, S. B. (2020). MANAGING CHANGE WITH AN INTERVENTION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACT. Journal of Business Strategies, 14(1), 37–62. Retrieved from https://greenwichjournals.com/index.php/businessstudies/article/view/416