Social networks and the psychological contract: Structural holes, cohesive ties, and beliefs regarding employer obligations
研究员工在咨询网络中的结构洞位置和友谊网络中的凝聚性联系如何影响他们对雇主在平衡型和交易型义务上的信念，对理解职场关系与心理契约有参考价值。
This study examined the relationship between employees' social network positions and their psychological contract beliefs. In particular, it investigated the relationship of employee advice and friendship ties with their employer's relational (long-term, non-monetizable), balanced (performance-related), and transactional (short-term, monetizable) obligations to them. Data obtained from a start-up research firm showed that employees brokering structural holes in the advice network believed the firm had greater balanced and transactional obligations to them. Employees with cohesive ties in the friendship network also believed that the firm owed them more balanced and transactional obligations. Neither structural holes nor cohesion were related to relational obligations. This study develops implications for psychological contracts and social networks research.