The Employment Relationship and Workplace Dynamics

This week’s topics

The Employment Relationship and Workplace Dynamics

1. Psychological contracts versus formal contracts of employment
2. Organisational culture and leadership influence on trust
3. Common causes of workplace conflict
4. Barriers to effective employee relations
5. Employer Employee Relations | A-Level, IB & BTEC Business
6. Employee Relations: Conflict Situations in the Workplace
7. Mediation at Work: What causes conflict in the workplace?
8. Managing conflict

What you will be able to do

• 2.1 Explain the factors which influence the employer/employee relationship.
• 2.2 State barriers to effective employee relations.

Activity

Start with this week’s 4 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the factors which influence the employer/employee relationship.

Study materials

Videos

• Employer Employee Relations | A-Level, IB & BTEC Business · YouTube · tutor2u · 6 min · for registered students
• Employee Relations: Conflict Situations in the Workplace · YouTube · Galton College · 15 min · for registered students
• Mediation at Work: What causes conflict in the workplace? · YouTube · acasorguk · 4 min · for registered students
• Managing conflict · Oak National Academy, Key Stage 3 (lower secondary level) · for registered students

Further resources

• Employment contracts (GOV.UK) · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
• Antecedents of Psychological Contract Breach: Job Demands, Job Resources, and Affect · Reading · Reading, article · for registered students
• Organizational Behavior, ch. 14.1–14.3: Conflict, its causes and resolution · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 394–405 · for registered students