Kontrakt psychologiczny w zmieniającym się świecie pracy - przed pandemią COVID-19 i w trakcie jej trwania
Psychological contract in the changing world of work - before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Author(s): Anna Rogozińska-Pawełczyk
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy, Organizational Psychology, Human Resources in Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Personal Economics;Organisational Behaviour;Psychological Contract;Work Relationships;Pandemic COVID-19
Summary/Abstract: The issue of psychological contract is of interest to management theoreticians and practice. The current of research on the development and role of psychological contracts in Poland is included in this monograph, which addresses this issue in theoretical terms by presenting the current state of knowledge, and in practical terms by discussing the results of research with recommendations for building psychological contracts. The aim of this monograph was to illustrate the psychological contracts of Polish employees in the changing world of work, and the main purpose of the research was to investigate the differences in the psychological contracts of employees and employers and to find factors that cause these differences and shape the framework of psychological contracts. The measurement of trait-based psychological contracts became the basis of the research model adopted. Six dimensions were proposed and traits were identified for each dimension to capture the nature of contemporary psychological contracts. To achieve the research objective, two quantitative studies were conducted in a time lag. Both research endeavours provided new data to extend the knowledge on psychological contracts, especially their characteristics in the period before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study contributes to the research on psychological contracts using a trait-oriented approach to find differences in the psychological contracts of Polish employees and to find the factors that cause these differences and shape psychological contracts. As a result of the discussions, knowledge in the area of contractual understanding was expanded to include a number of other issues that make up the employer-employee relationship, and the perception of contract from the perspective of the manager in the role of employee and employer was brought closer, indicating the specificity of psychological contracts prevalent before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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