Perceived Organizational Support

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This paper presents a research proposal that aims to examine the role of perceived organizational support (POS) and psychological contracts of independent contractors. It specifically examines whether work status or context, i.e., independent contractors in comparison to traditional employees, moderates these concepts. The paper also discusses the history of the relationship between the employee and employer.

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"From a practical perspective, my interest in this research topic comes from extensive experience working alongside traditional employees and my status as an independent contractor. In order to gain a competitive advantage, the implementation of organization-wide strategy initiatives have created decidedly different results in relation to experiencing the involvement, attitude and commitment of independent distributors and traditional employees. Purely by accident, I ran across the concepts of POS and psychological contracts and while they seem to explain the difference in outcomes between independent distributors and employees, I did not have sufficient knowledge to translate those concepts into positive action nor to make management aware of the potential contributions of these concepts to successful organizational behavior."

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