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East—West Differences in Employment Relations, Organizational Justice and Trust: Possible Reasons and Consequences
- Source :
- Economic and Industrial Democracy. 28:212-238
- Publication Year :
- 2007
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2007.
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Abstract
- In a cross-sectional questionnaire study with 245 employees from West Germany and 357 employees from East Germany, the inferior labour market and economic situation in East Germany could be shown to be related, as expected, to the psychological contract, with a poorer delivery of the deal and lower levels of justice and trust. Affective commitment, on the other hand, was shown to be higher in the East than in the West German sample. Moderated multiple regression analyses revealed that the cognitive perception of psychological contract breaches is less related to emotional strain and distributive justice in the East German than in the West German sample. Results are discussed within the framework of economic and normative differences, and also with reference to social exchange theories.
- Subjects :
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Labour economics
Economic growth
East west
Strategy and Management
05 social sciences
050109 social psychology
Psychological contract
General Business, Management and Accounting
Economic Justice
West germany
Economic situation
Management of Technology and Innovation
Political science
Organizational justice
0502 economics and business
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Industrial relations
050203 business & management
Questionnaire study
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14617099 and 0143831X
- Volume :
- 28
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Economic and Industrial Democracy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........1730b13b3b78939c194b3d451bdf3811