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Employers of Choice Have to Give Before They Get

Leigh Branham

When an employee takes a new job, he or she forges an invisible psychological contract with the new employer.

Though not a formal contract, it is a powerful one, consisting of two sets of mutual expectations "what the employee and employer each expect to give to and get from each other.

When these expectations are not met, as when a manager expects the employee to work longer hours than the employee is willing to work, or when the employee expects to be promoted quickly and that does not happen, this give-get contract can break apart.

The employment contract can be affected by larger economic or social changes.

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