Managing Employed Professionals

There are problems in managing employed professionals within organisations. This book explores the psychology behind the formal legal aspects of the employment relationship of professionals especially when it breaks down. A break down of an employment relationship with a professional is perhaps the costliest of senior management failures. There are many unanticipated results of management's actions. Changes to HRM management practices are likely to result in better management of the psychological contract (PC) violation and or rupture. The repercussions of relationship fracture include a diminished sense of belonging and commitment, and perhaps more importantly for the organisation, passive organisational sabotage. The problems facing the psychological contract of professionals are assessed in 4 elements: Trust; Fairness; Commitment and Belonging; and the impact of critical breaches to their PC in early,mid and late career. This book presents a model of the PC for practical use by Human Resource practitioners and senior management in better managing the high investment recruitment of employed professionals using empirical data.