PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACT, MOTIVATION AND CHANGES IN HR MANAGEMENT IN THE AGE OF CRISIS IN GREECE

Year 2012, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 215 - 224, 01.12.2012

Xanthakis George Stogiannidou Marianthi

Abstract

This paper outlines and discusses an approach to HR management in Greek Civil Engineer Consultant Companies during the economical crisis of 2010-12. A discussion of the definition of crisis nature and a brief literature review about the motivation and psychological contract are presented in the first part of it. The paper is integrated with one case study, the results and the conclusions. The aim of this paper is to investigate the crisis process, to explore the changes into psychological contract ant the motivation factors which emerge in response to crisis in Greek Engineer Consultant Companies, to present these new situation ant to identify problems which may face managers, helping them to cope with more effectively. While this paper is presented within this restricted context, it will be interested to any manager who operates an organization in a crisis time

Keywords

Greek crisis, psychological contract, motivation

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