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The Psychological Contracts of Older Employees

In: Aging Workers and the Employee-Employer Relationship

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  • Tim Vantilborgh

    (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

  • Nicky Dries

    (KU Leuven)

  • Ans Vos

    (University of Antwerp)

  • P. Matthijs Bal

    (University of Bath)

Abstract

Many organizations are currently facing an aging workforce and have therefore called for researchers to examine how older employees can be optimally motivated and retained. To this end, we believe it is essential to understand what older employees expect from their organization. We therefore introduce the psychological contract—describing the mutual obligations between employee and employer—and review the literature on older employees’ psychological contracts. In addition, we perform a meta-analysis to shed additional light on the type of obligations that older employees perceive in their psychological contract. We conclude that future studies should focus on unraveling the mechanisms—such as future time perspective and changing goals and values—that create differences between older and younger employees in the content of and the reactions to the psychological contract. Practitioners are advised to monitor changes in these underlying mechanisms as employees grow older, and to implement age-conscious Human Resource policies accordingly in order to manage older employees’ psychological contracts.

Suggested Citation

  • Tim Vantilborgh & Nicky Dries & Ans Vos & P. Matthijs Bal, 2015. "The Psychological Contracts of Older Employees," Springer Books, in: P. Matthijs Bal & Dorien T.A.M. Kooij & Denise M. Rousseau (ed.), Aging Workers and the Employee-Employer Relationship, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 107-127, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-08007-9_7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-08007-9_7
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    Cited by:

    1. Anna Rogozinska-Pawelczyk, 2016. "The Influence of Selected Factors on the Formation of Psychological Contract in Organizations (Wplyw wybranych czynnikow na formowanie kontraktu psychologicznego w organizacji)," Problemy Zarzadzania, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Management, vol. 14(59), pages 103-117.

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