By Invitation Lunch Meeting:
The New Deal at Work –
How is the Psychological
Contract Changing?
– Amsterdam
In-Person | Thursday 6 November 2025
Amsterdam, Netherlands
14.30 – 17.30 CET
(Followed by networking reception)
Event
The psychological contract is the – usually implicit – ‘deal’ between the employee and employer. It sets out what each party is prepared to give and what they expect in return.
There has been much discussion whether broader changes in society such as ageing, generational differences and post-Covid-19 working arrangements have brought about a fundamental shift in the psychological contract. But has the psychological contract really changed? And, if it has, what can and should HR be doing to manage these dynamic shifts?
There is now a quite widespread perception that over the past few decades and much more recently the ‘deal’ between employees and employers has started to shift; that what employees want or expect to get from their employer and what they are prepared to give in return has gone through significant changes. The purpose of this survey is to assess your perceptions of what (if anything) has changed and the implications of this for the HR function.
The survey will take approximately 10 minutes and all responses will remain confidential and only aggregated data will be presented.
Learning Objectives
- Learn what is meant by the ‘psychological contract’ and ways that the contract can be managed.
- Explore how the psychological contract has changed over time and the factors driving these changes.
- Discuss how HR can identify how changes are playing out in their own context.
- Identify how HR can best respond to any shifts in the psychological contract.
Who is this event for?
Senior HR leaders and specialists.
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Location
Pestana Amsterdam Riverside
Amsteldijk 67, 1074 HZ Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
Speaker
Prof. Rob Briner
Professor of Organisational Psychology at the School of Business and Management, Queen Mary University of London
Rob is Professor of Organizational Psychology at Queen Mary, University of London and Associate Research Director at CRF. He is also currently a Visiting Professor of Evidence-Based HRM at Birkbeck University of London and Professor at Oslo Nye Høyskole. He was previously co-founder and Scientific Director of the Center for Evidence-Based Management and has held positions at the Institute for Employment Studies, London School of Economics, Kings’s College (University of London), Bath University and University of Edinburgh. His publishing and research focus on topics including wellbeing, emotions, stress, motivation and everyday work behaviour.
