Cultural variation and the psychological contract

By David C. Thomas, K. Au, Elizabeth C. Ravlin. 2003

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Subfields: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Attracting and retaining talent: exploring human resources development trends in Australia (2007, unknown): “, 2002 ; Sims, 1994 ; Thomas, Au and Ravlin, 2003 ).”
Organizational rewards and employee commitment: a Chinese study (2012, background): “Culture has traditionally been conceptualised as a group-level construct and can be defined as a shared system of values, attitudes, beliefs and meanings between the members of a social group (Thomas et al., 2003).”
Linking justice, trust and innovative work behaviour to work engagement (2014, background): “Although employees in collectivistic societies have a higher threshold for the perception of injustice, once injustice is perceived, employees’ trust toward the organisation is shaken, which in turn has negative consequences on employee attitudes and behaviours (Thomas et al., 2003).”
Organizational Support and Citizenship Behaviors: A Comparative Cross-Cultural Meta-Analysis (2015, background): “Due to their tendency to sacrifice for the common good and maintain harmonious relationships (Triandis 1995; Thomas et al. 2003), it is probable that employees in countries with collectivist cultures would be more sensitive to and more appreciative of organizational support.”
The Psychology of the Employment Relationship: An Analysis Based on the Psychological Contract (2004, background): “Rousseau and Schalk (2000), Thomas, Au, and Ravlin (2003), and Wang, Tsui, Zhang, and Ma (2003) all point to the need to consider national culture, and it seems important also to consider organisational culture.”
An analysis of employment relationships in Asia using psychological contract theory: A review and research agenda (2020, background): “In another cross-cultural study between Western and Eastern cultures, Thomas et al. (2010) studied the impact of national culture on psychological contracts in four countries:”
Value Orientations as Determinants of Preference for External and Anonymous Whistleblowing (2012, background): “2002 for overviews) and has been defined in many ways (e.g. Hofstede 1980; Kagitçibasi 1997; Oyserman et al. 2002; Schwartz 1990; Thomas et al. 2003; Triandis 1995).”
Cross-cultural organizational behavior. (2007, background): “Thomas et al. (2003) theorized that employees with collectivistic values have a higher threshold for the perception of PC violations, yet once violations are perceived, they experience more negative affective reactions.”
Psychological contract breach and counterproductive workplace behaviors: testing moderating effect of attribution style and power distance (2011, unknown): “In order to fully understand how PD affects the PCB and CWB, it would be theoretically important to examine this construct at cultural level as well (Thomas, Au and Ravlin 2003 ).”