The Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing is hosting Professor Jason Shaw from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University on October 10th as he holds a special seminar about his study on a construal-level theory of employment relationships and psychological contract fulfilment.
In his paper, Professor Shaw argues that there is a distinct difference in the way employees evaluate organisations’ employment relationship policies and practices, as the former is seen in more of an abstract level and the latter is seen in more concrete terms.
“In this paper, we make the argument that when people evaluate these things that are at a very abstract or high level they tend to prefer policies which indicate some sort of balance,” Professor Shaw said.
“But when we make the argument using the construal-level theory when people evaluate what the are experiencing they prefer practices or an employment relationship that is imbalanced towards stability or inducement, things that
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