Research Article

Coevolution of Interorganizational Psychological Contract and Interorganizational Relationship: A Case Study of Manufacturing Company in China

Table 1

Parameter list of SD model of coevolution of IORs and IPCs.

 Variables Connotation

Level variablesRS (relationship stock)
RL (relationship length)
DRJ (degree of relationship justice)
Level of relationship intensity
Level of relationship length
Level of relationship justice
ATPCI (amount of transactional psychological contract implemented)Fulfillment of transactional psychological contract
ARPCI (amount of relational psychological contract implemented)Fulfillment of relational psychological contract

Rate variablesRGR (relationship growth rate)
IRL (increase of relationship length)
CRJ (changes of relationship justice)
CTPCI (changes of transactional psychological contract implemented)
CRPCI (changes of relational psychological contract implemented)
Relationship growth rate
Increase of relationship length
changes of relationship justice
changes of transactional psychological contract
changes of relational psychological contract

Auxiliary variablesDC (degree of closeness)
DR (degree of reciprocity)
DE (degree of emotion)
DD (degree of dependence)
CW (cooperative willingness)
CS (cooperation satisfaction)
SC (switch cost)
OC (opportunistic cost)
API (amount of proprietary investment)
DDJ (degree of distributive justice)
DPJ (degree of procedural justice)
DIJ (degree of interactional justice)
DCD (degree of contract details)
DOR (degree of recognition)
Level of closeness
Level of reciprocity
Level of emotion
Level of dependence
Level of willingness to cooperate
Level of satisfaction to cooperate
Switch cost
Opportunistic cost
Amount of proprietary investment
Level of distributive justice
Level of procedural justice
Level of interactional justice
Level of contract details
Level of recognition

External variablesDT (degree of trust)
FC (frequencies of communication)
FT (frequencies of transactions)
EC (enterprise competency)
Level of trust
Frequencies of communication
Frequencies of transactions
Level of enterprise competency

ConstantCF (cooperative factor)Rate of cooperative willingness
MDEV (match degree of enterprise values)Level of alignment of enterprise values