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On Composing Psychological Contracts In School Administration

Posted on:2007-12-02Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:M WeiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2167360185962056Subject:Educational Economy and Management
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Nowadays, we are surrounded by responsibilities stipulated by contracts. Contracts are basis of the existence of organizations and guarantee of the survival and development of school. Situations and problems of modern school management and possibility of the existence of psychological contracts make psychological contracts valuable in schools. Schools must carry out relevant strategies on the basis of psychological contracts characters to reinforce schools management.This article briefly reviews the studies of the psychological contracts in organizational behaviors, including its conception, theory models, types which can be scaled, and focuses on the mainly theoretic divarication of it. There is not only an employment contract but also a psychological contract between teachers and schools. Psychological contract is a kind of expectation supposition and subjective appointment in nature. It has characteristics of being subjective, dynamic, hidden, and informal. The function of psychological contract is concentration and stimulation. The basic running of psychological contract management includes six aspects including true and accurate information transmission.Between schools and teachers, not only psychological contracts can be breached and violated, but it can be strengthened as well. The distinction between psychological contract breaches and psychological contract violations does not lie in the time sequence, but in the extent of fulfillment of perceived peer-to-peer obligations.
Keywords/Search Tags:Psychological Contract, Teacher Management, Psychological Contract violation, Psychological Contract Construction
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