Managing employees in aged care: live the principles

Abstract

Aged care services are a large recipient of public money in many developed countries and are primarily provided by nonprofit organizations in Australia. This paper reports on an investigation into the impacts of the psychological contract for nurses in nonprofit aged care. The results highlight the importance of nonprofit organizations fulfilling their obligations and living their principles. Aged care nurses who perceive breaches to their psychological contract are likely to de-identify from the organization.

Keywords:

• Aged care
• nonprofit
• organizational identification
• psychological contract
• psychological distress

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John Rodwell http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1682-0719

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John Rodwell

John Rodwell is Professor of Management at Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia.