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A Phenomenological Research on the Perceptions of Low-Paid Newly Graduated Engineers and Their Managers on the Formation and Scope of the Psychological Contract

Year 2020, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 173 - 192, 31.05.2020
https://doi.org/10.29023/alanyaakademik.689313

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to research the low-paid newly graduated engineers perceive whom as the opposite party, how perceptions of the parties of psychological contract are formed and these engineers and their managers’ mutual expectations and obligations under the psychological contract. Accordingly, using qualitative research design, semi-structured interviews were held with 15 low-paid newly graduated engineers who were employed in different fields and 11 managers of them. As a result of the phenomenological analysis, it was determined that the low-paid newly graduated engineers and their managers have transactional and relational based differences in their perceptions of formation and content of the psychological contract.

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  • ARAS, M., KARAKİRAZ, A., BAYRAKTAROĞLU, S., & ÖZEN KUTANİS, R. (2016). “Türkiye’de Psikolojik Sözleşme Çalışmalarının Genel Görünümü”, R. ÖZEN KUTANİS (Ed.), Türkiye’de Örgütsel Davranış Çalışmaları II (47-67), Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara.
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  • McDERMOTT, A. M., CONWAY, E., ROUSSEAU, D. M., & FLOOD, P. C. (2013). “Promoting Effective Psychological Contracts Through Leadership: The Missing Link Between HR Strategy and Performance”. Human Resource Management, 52(2): 289-310.
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  • ROUSSEAU, D. M., & GRELLER, M. M. (1994). “Human Resource Practices: Administrative Contract Makers”. Human Resource Management, 33(3): 385-401.
  • ROUSSEAU, D. M., & TIJORIWALA, S. A. (1998). “Assessing Psychological Contracts: Issues, Alternatives and Measures”. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 19(1): 679-695.
  • SHERMAN, U. P., & MORLEY, M. J. (2015). “On the Formation of the Psychological Contract: A Schema Theory Perspective”. Group & Organization Management, 40(2): 160-192.
  • SHORE, L. M., & TETRICK, L. E. (1994). “The Psychological Contract as an Explanatory Framework in the Employment Relationship”, C. L. COOPER & D. M. ROUSSEAU (Ed.), Trends in Organizational Behavior, Vol. 1, (91-109), John Wiley & Sons, Chichester.
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  • YAPICI-AKAR, N. (2010). “Psikolojik Sözleşme İhlalleri Bağlamında Örgütsel Sinizm Üzerine Kuramsal Bir Araştırma”. 1. Turizmde İnsan Kaynakları Gelişimi Sempozyumu Bildiriler Kitabı (43-60).

Psikolojik Sözleşmenin Oluşumu ve Kapsamına İlişkin Düşük Maaşla İstihdam Edilen Yeni Mezun Mühendisler ve Yöneticilerinin Algıları Üzerine Fenomenolojik Bir Araştırma

Year 2020, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 173 - 192, 31.05.2020
https://doi.org/10.29023/alanyaakademik.689313

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, düşük maaşla istihdam edilen yeni mezun mühendislerin psikolojik sözleşme kapsamında karşı taraf olarak kimi algıladıkları, tarafların psikolojik sözleşmeye dair algılarının nasıl oluştuğu ve psikolojik sözleşme kapsamındaki karşılıklı beklenti ve yükümlülüklere ilişkin düşük maaşla istihdam edilen yeni mezun mühendisler ile yöneticilerinin bakış açıları araştırılmıştır. Bu doğrultuda nitel araştırma tasarımı kullanılarak, farklı alanlarda düşük maaşla istihdam edilen yeni mezun 15 mühendis ve bu mühendislerin üstü konumundaki 11 yönetici ile yarı yapılandırılmış görüşmeler gerçekleştirilmiştir. Yapılan fenomenolojik analiz sonucunda, psikolojik sözleşmenin oluşumu ve kapsamına ilişkin düşük maaşla istihdam edilen yeni mezun mühendisler ile yöneticilerinin işlemsel ve ilişkisel temelde farklı algılara sahip olduğu tespit edilmiştir.

References

  • AKAR, N. (2017a). “Mavi Yakalı Çalışanların Psikolojik Sözleşmeye İlişkin Algılarının Oluşumu ve Kapsamı Üzerine Nitel Bir Araştırma”. V. Örgütsel Davranış Kongresi Bildiriler Kitabı (1-7).
  • AKAR, N. (2017b). “İşverenler ile Mavi Yakalı Çalışanların Psikolojik Sözleşme Kapsamındaki Karşılıklı Beklenti ve Yükümlülüklerine Dair Algılarının Belirlenmesi”. Uluslararası Multidisipliner Çalışmaları Kongresi Bildiriler Kitabı (239-245).
  • ANDERSON, N., & SCHALK, R. (1998). “The Psychological Contract in Retrospect and Prospect”. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 19: 637-647.
  • ARAS, M., KARAKİRAZ, A., BAYRAKTAROĞLU, S., & ÖZEN KUTANİS, R. (2016). “Türkiye’de Psikolojik Sözleşme Çalışmalarının Genel Görünümü”, R. ÖZEN KUTANİS (Ed.), Türkiye’de Örgütsel Davranış Çalışmaları II (47-67), Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara.
  • CONWAY, N., & BRINER, R. B. (2005). Understanding Psychological Contracts at Work: A Critical Evaluation of Theory and Research, Oxford University Press, USA.
  • COYLE-SHAPIRO, J. A. M., & KESSLER, I. (2002). “Exploring Reciprocity Through the Lens of the Psychological Contract: Employee and Employer Perspectives”. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 11(1): 69-86.
  • FREESE, C., & SCHALK, R. (1996). “Implications of Differences in Psychological Contracts for Human Resource Management”. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 5(4): 501-509.
  • GUEST, D. E. (2004). “The Psychology of the Employment Relationship: An Analysis Based on the Psychological Contract”. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 53(4): 541-555.
  • GUEST, D. E., & CONWAY, N. (2002). “Communicating the Psychological Contract: An Employer Perspective”. Human Resource Management Journal, 12(2): 22-38.
  • HERRIOT, P., MANNING, W. E. G., & KIDD, J. M. (1997). “The Content of the Psychological Contract”. British Journal of Management, 8(2): 151-162.
  • HOFSTEDE, G. (1980). Culture’s Consequences: International Differences in Work-Related Values. Sage Publications, Beverly Hills California.
  • KOTTER, J. P. (1973). “The Psychological Contract: Managing the Joining-up Process”. California Management Review, 15(3): 91-99.
  • MARKS, A. (2001). “Developing a Multiple Foci Conceptualization of the Psychological Contract”. Employee Relations, 23(5): 454-467.
  • McDERMOTT, A. M., CONWAY, E., ROUSSEAU, D. M., & FLOOD, P. C. (2013). “Promoting Effective Psychological Contracts Through Leadership: The Missing Link Between HR Strategy and Performance”. Human Resource Management, 52(2): 289-310.
  • MÖLLER, I-L. (2014). Managers’ Awareness of Lower Echelon Employees’ Perceptions of the Psychological Contract. (Unpublished Master’s Dissertation). University of Pretoria, South Africa.
  • ÖZDAŞLI, K., & ÇELİKKOL, Ö. (2012). “Psikolojik Sözleşme: Kavramsal Çerçeve ve Bir İçerik Analizi”. Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 4(7): 141-154.
  • RANDMANN, L. (2013). “Managers on the Both Sides of the Psychological Contract”. Journal of Management and Change, 30(31): 124-144.
  • ROBINSON, S. L. (1996). “Trust and Breach of the Psychological Contract”. Administrative Science Quarterly, 41(4): 574-599.
  • ROUSSEAU, D. M. (1989). “Psychological and Implied Contracts in Organizations”. Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, 2(2): 121-139.
  • ROUSSEAU, D. M. (1990). “New Hire Perception of Their Own and Their Employer’s Obligations: A Study of Psychological Contracts”. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 11(5): 389-400.
  • ROUSSEAU, D. M. (2001). “Schema, Promise and Mutuality: The Building Blocks of the Psychological Contract”. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 74: 511-541.
  • ROUSSEAU, D. M., & GRELLER, M. M. (1994). “Human Resource Practices: Administrative Contract Makers”. Human Resource Management, 33(3): 385-401.
  • ROUSSEAU, D. M., & TIJORIWALA, S. A. (1998). “Assessing Psychological Contracts: Issues, Alternatives and Measures”. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 19(1): 679-695.
  • SHERMAN, U. P., & MORLEY, M. J. (2015). “On the Formation of the Psychological Contract: A Schema Theory Perspective”. Group & Organization Management, 40(2): 160-192.
  • SHORE, L. M., & TETRICK, L. E. (1994). “The Psychological Contract as an Explanatory Framework in the Employment Relationship”, C. L. COOPER & D. M. ROUSSEAU (Ed.), Trends in Organizational Behavior, Vol. 1, (91-109), John Wiley & Sons, Chichester.
  • TEKLEAB, A. G., & TAYLOR, M. S. (2003). “Aren’t There Two Parties in an Employment Relationship? Antecedents and Consequences of Organization-Employee Agreement on Contract Obligations and Violations”. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 24: 585-608.
  • YAPICI-AKAR, N. (2010). “Psikolojik Sözleşme İhlalleri Bağlamında Örgütsel Sinizm Üzerine Kuramsal Bir Araştırma”. 1. Turizmde İnsan Kaynakları Gelişimi Sempozyumu Bildiriler Kitabı (43-60).
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Primary Language Turkish
Subjects Economics
Journal Section Makaleler
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Nuray Akar 0000-0003-2444-1233

Publication Date May 31, 2020
Acceptance Date May 21, 2020
Published in Issue Year 2020 Volume: 4 Issue: 2

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APA Akar, N. (2020). Psikolojik Sözleşmenin Oluşumu ve Kapsamına İlişkin Düşük Maaşla İstihdam Edilen Yeni Mezun Mühendisler ve Yöneticilerinin Algıları Üzerine Fenomenolojik Bir Araştırma. Alanya Akademik Bakış, 4(2), 173-192. https://doi.org/10.29023/alanyaakademik.689313