PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACT AND

EMPLOYEE–ENGAGEMENT IN INDIA
 Psychological contract
• Psychological Contract first emerged in the 1960s,
notably in the work of organizational and
behavioural theorists Chris Argyris and Edgar
Schein.
• Psychological Contract refers to the relationship
between an employer and its employees, and
specifically concerns mutual expectations of
inputs and outcomes.
• It is an increasingly relevant aspect of workplace
relationships and wider human behaviour.
• Simply, in an employment context, the
Psychological Contract is the fairness or
balance (typically as perceived by the
employee) between:
• how the employee is treated by the employer,
and
• what the employee puts into the job.
• The words 'employees' or 'staff' or 'workforce'
are equally appropriate in the above
description.
ICE-BERG MODEL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACT
• At a basic level it helps us understand more
about the 'give and take' that characterises
working for an organization, and particularly
leading an organization.
• The Psychological Contract helps leaders
understand better how to align their people's
needs with those of the organization, which is
a very elusive notion.
• At a deeper level the Psychological Contract
questions the significance of fairness in the
way organizations are run and established.
 Employee -Engagement
• It is a property of the relationship between an
organization and its employees. An "engaged
employee" is one who is fully absorbed by and
enthusiastic about their work and so takes
positive action to further the organization's
reputation and interests.
 Cultural psychology
• cultural psychology is that mind and culture are
inseparable and mutually constitutive, meaning
that people are shaped by their culture and their
culture is also shaped by them.
• "Cultural psychology is the study of the way
cultural traditions and social practices regulate,
express, and transform the human psyche,
resulting less in psychic unity for humankind than
in ethnic divergences in mind, self, and emotion.
 PURPOSE OF RESEARCH
• Being aware of the fact that India is a
culturally dominated nation and also
considering that psychology of a being is very
much affected by the environment therefore
this research will revolve around the extent to
which the iceberg model is applicable in the
INDIAN context and how the above factors
affect the model.
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