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Enhancement of the Centripetal Force of a Team

The 3V Tools of Psychological Contract

In teams with strong centripetal force, members must have signed psychological contracts with their organizations in addition to labor contracts. All team members are committed to the accomplishment of missions and goals of their organizations.

Psychological contract is a term opposite to labor contract. Once employees join leaders’ teams, they have both expectations on and commitments to the organization. Some of these expectations and commitments can be presented clearly in written forms and specified in labor contracts. The other parts of an employee’s expectations and commitments cannot be specified in the form of a labor contract and can only exist ...

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