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The psychological contract of call-centre workers: employment conditions, satisfaction and civic virtue behaviours

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Chambel, Maria José ; Alcover, Carlos-María

Economic and Industrial Democracy

2011

32

1

February

115-134

call centre ; conditions of employment ; psychosocial risks ; working conditions

Portugal

Working conditions

English

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"The number of call centre businesses and workers has increased considerably over recent years and has become one of the sectors with the highest growth rate in Portugal. In this cross-sectional study, covering 363 call/contact centre (C/CC) workers in a Portuguese firm, we confirm that the relationship between employees and the organization, namely their psychological contract, is influenced by their employment conditions, that is, their status and work premises. We perform multiple regression analyses and results show that: (1) temporary employees perceive fewer relational and balanced and more transactional organizational obligations than permanent employees; (2) employees working at the client's premises perceive more balanced obligations of the organization; (3) the psychological contract has a relationship with the attitudes and behaviours of employees with a higher general relational orientation to their work, who are more satisfied and present more civic virtue behaviours. This study provides a discussion of the practical implications and future research. "

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