ABSTRACT
Interaction between the individual and the team may take place on the basis of one or more psychological contracts which the individual may make, consciously or unconsciously, between herself and the team. The interaction may be based on:
(a) compliance, that is, the avoidance of some form of punishment or to gain some form of reward such as acceptance by the team. To the extent that the individual wishes to gain the reward or avoid the punishment, she will comply with what the team is doing;
(b) identification, that is, the need to find support for some course of action which the individual may wish to pursue and which she regards as being compatible with the activities of the team. The interaction may be based on rationality: on the recognition that the individual does not have to like the advice for this form of contract to be effective;
(c) internalisation, that is, the belief that what the team is doing, or how it seeks to perform its functions, is worthy of support and participation.
