1. What do you feel is the "new social contract" between employers and employees?
As all workplaces and employers differ with the social contract. Singh (2009) explains the shift of the old social contract to the new social contract. This helps employee’s transition with different experiences. Singh (2009) writes, “Employment/Social contracts typically lay out the wages, bonuses, vacations, medical leaves, stock options and other benefits and compensations that the employee receives for fulfilling his obligations to the employer” (p. 2). I believe that the “new social contract” between employees and employers is giving the employer the right to work off of the clock. In today’s society, individual’s can work from home. Technology gives us different …show more content…
Many of the employees struggle with how to simply reply to an email because they have not had to use emailing as a way of communicating in the past. It used to be that the employee would call the individual and try to reach them by phone, now we use email, graciously. It is a quick and easy way to communicate and get in touch with the individual you are trying to reach. Another challenge is fairness within other coworkers. For example, I work in a community college in the President’s Office. Although, I am part-time, I do not have any access to the calendar on Outlook to see if someone needs to reserve the conference room or even to see what, when, or where the President of the College needs to be at specific times. If I want to get access to this information, I have to go to my supervisor or let one of the Vice President’s of the College get in and get access to it. Also, I am not allowed to download anything on the desktop computer I work off of. The other day, I tried to download Adobe and could not do it without contacting my supervisor and the IT Help Desk, so they could approve that I was a trustworthy …show more content…
If this identity is positively evaluated in terms of the reactions of others and broader value standards, then this identity will move up a person’s hierarchy. When the expectations of others are congruent and consistent, revealing few conflicts and disagreements, individuals will be even more committed to the identity presented to these others because they speak with the same voice” (p. 334). This week’s theoretical framework of identity theory informs our understanding of employee’s identity work by showing, supporting and committing to employee’s identity. Once an employee’s identity is identified, it makes the individual feel confident about who they are. Also, being supportive is beneficial for the individual because it makes them have a sense of
As all workplaces and employers differ with the social contract. Singh (2009) explains the shift of the old social contract to the new social contract. This helps employee’s transition with different experiences. Singh (2009) writes, “Employment/Social contracts typically lay out the wages, bonuses, vacations, medical leaves, stock options and other benefits and compensations that the employee receives for fulfilling his obligations to the employer” (p. 2). I believe that the “new social contract” between employees and employers is giving the employer the right to work off of the clock. In today’s society, individual’s can work from home. Technology gives us different …show more content…
Many of the employees struggle with how to simply reply to an email because they have not had to use emailing as a way of communicating in the past. It used to be that the employee would call the individual and try to reach them by phone, now we use email, graciously. It is a quick and easy way to communicate and get in touch with the individual you are trying to reach. Another challenge is fairness within other coworkers. For example, I work in a community college in the President’s Office. Although, I am part-time, I do not have any access to the calendar on Outlook to see if someone needs to reserve the conference room or even to see what, when, or where the President of the College needs to be at specific times. If I want to get access to this information, I have to go to my supervisor or let one of the Vice President’s of the College get in and get access to it. Also, I am not allowed to download anything on the desktop computer I work off of. The other day, I tried to download Adobe and could not do it without contacting my supervisor and the IT Help Desk, so they could approve that I was a trustworthy …show more content…
If this identity is positively evaluated in terms of the reactions of others and broader value standards, then this identity will move up a person’s hierarchy. When the expectations of others are congruent and consistent, revealing few conflicts and disagreements, individuals will be even more committed to the identity presented to these others because they speak with the same voice” (p. 334). This week’s theoretical framework of identity theory informs our understanding of employee’s identity work by showing, supporting and committing to employee’s identity. Once an employee’s identity is identified, it makes the individual feel confident about who they are. Also, being supportive is beneficial for the individual because it makes them have a sense of