Firm Culture as an Antecedent of the Employee Psychological
Contract: Its Alignment and Fulfillment
Guillermo Dabos
In a sample of employees and supervisors from 13 Chinese companies within
Japanese-owned Panasonic company, this study investigated the relationship
between managerial (n=92) assessments of organizational culture and their
subordinates'
(n=176)
that
values
cultural
company
support,
psychological
Another
related
their
own
between
contracts.
emphasizing
were
contracts.
cultural
to
psychological
and
harmony
Culture
their
values
harmony,
positively
Harmony
value,
psychological
contract
reinforcing
related
was
beliefs.
to
unrelated
employer's
and
strength's
Alignment
to
role
as
a
and
transactional
contracts.
less
of
reinforcer
consistently
worker
mediated
reciprocal worker and employer obligations is discussed.
member
balanced
was
fulfillment
indicate
and
between
obligations
employer
group
relational
customer-orientation,
contracts.
Results
the
worker
of
beliefs
in
relationship
psychological
mutual
and