Abstract

ROSA NAVARRO, Mª Dolores de la  and  CABRERA, Elizabeth F.. A typology of employment relationships: a multi-disciplinary point of view. Rev. psicol. trab. organ. [online]. 2008, vol.24, n.1, pp.81-111. ISSN 2174-0534.

Over the last few years, the growing recognition of the importance of human resources for organizational excellence has led to an increased emphasis on employee loyalty. Nonetheless, not all employees experience the same type of employee relationship, either due to the organizations concern for economic efficiency or simply as a consequence of different supervisory approaches to people management. In any case, we believe that organizations should on one hand define clearly the type of relationship they want to establish with their employees and on the other hand should make an effort to be consistent in the different human resources practices and in the organization’s strategy. This is necessary to ensure that the diverse messages individuals get, help them develop realistic expectations to lower the likelihood of perceiving a breach in their psychological contract. We have therefore reviewed the classifications of employment relationships developed by authors from different research areas in order to suggest a synthesis that combines the most important features of each.

Keywords : Employment relationships; Strategic human recourse management; Human resource practices.

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