Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published [following peer-review] in Employee Relations, published by and copyright Emerald.

Purpose – This paper aims to contribute empirical data to the under‐researched relationship between trust and the psychological contract. Design/methodology/approach – A case study approach is used carrying out 41 interviews in three case study firms, adopting a critical incident technique...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to present research into the employment relationship in small firms and to examine its link to high performance. A psychological contract framework is adopted, it being argued that this supports a more nuanced analysis than existing perspectives on the...