Emotional attachment and psychological contract The example of the organizational behavior of executives in local government

Authors

  • Grégory AVIER Docteur ès Sciences de Gestion, Chargé de mission à la Direction des Etudes de l’Institut d’Études Politiques d'Aix en Provence, Aix Marseille Université, CERGAM EA 4225, 13540, Puyricard, France, Institut de Management Public et Gouvernance Territoriale, IMPGT, Aix Marseille Université, 21, rue Gaston de Saporta, 13625 Aix en Provence Cedex 1 ; Adresse personnelle : 50, Cours Mirabeau, 13100 Aix en Provence ;

Keywords:

emotion, psychological contract, biographical approach, working identity, organizational behavior, resistance

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to investigate the theme of emotion not in terms of a logic of urgency and immediacy, but as a determinant of the construction of individual and collective identities impacting the representation of work, intrinsic motivation, and organizational behavior. We seek to bring to light a “hidden dimension of man in the organization” (Chanlat 1990) that is decisive for the appreciation of diversity in organizations. By mobilizing a strategy of access to reality based on an ethno-sociological and clinical biographical approach, the paper will try to highlight a “psychological contract” among executives in local government.

Published

2023-01-15

How to Cite

Grégory AVIER. (2023). Emotional attachment and psychological contract The example of the organizational behavior of executives in local government. Revue Internationale De Psychosociologie Et De Gestion Des Comportements Organisationnels, 22(54). Retrieved from https://journaleska.com/index.php/ripco/article/view/8233

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 54 (2016): RIPCO

Section

Articles