The Psychological Contract and Employee Job Performance: The Role of Employee Involvement

Abstract

Many organisations today are bothered by how to ensure good employee performance whose main aim is to remain competitive given a stiff competitive environment. There has been growing belief that the psychological contract influences employee performance in an organisation without knowledge that this relationship can well be enhanced with employee involvement. This study specifically focused on the psychological contract and employee job performance with a focus on employee involvement and how it mediates between the adoption of the psychological contract and employee job performance in an organisation. In establishing this linkage, the authors employed a qualitative systematic review with a Prisma in which the researcher’s reviewed literature that relates to the variable in the study to reach at a logical conclusion. The findings revealed that while the psychological contract affects employee job performance, involving employee will result into more positive results to employee job performance. Where the psychological contract is positive and employees are well involved will lead to better employee job performance which will also have a positive impact on business performance.