New hire perceptions of their own and their employer's obligations: A study of psychological contracts
研究了224名刚接受工作邀请的MBA毕业生对雇佣双方义务的看法，发现交易型义务（高薪、晋升换努力）和关系型义务（工作保障换忠诚）两种心理契约类型，并探讨了它们与员工留任意愿和职业动机的关系。
Abstract Psychological contracts are individual beliefs in reciprocal obligations between employees and employers. In a sample of 224 graduating MBA students who had recently accepted job offers, beliefs regarding employment obligations were investigated. Two types of obligation were demonstrated empirically: transactional obligations of high pay and career advancement in exchange for hard work and relational obligations exchanging job security for loyalty and a minimum length of stay. These types of obligations are connected with two forms of legal contracts: transactional and relational. Relational contract obligations for employers correlated with employee expected length of stay with the firm. Transactional contract obligations were associated with careerist motive on the part of new recruits. The relationship between these and other motives of new hires was also investigated.