By now, the becoming business-like of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) is a well-established
global phenomenon that has received ever-growing attention from management and …

This paper explores the use of the concept of the psychological contract in investigating the
experience of volunteers and its potential to help develop strategies to attract, retain, and …

Although today's nonprofit organizations make a strong appeal to volunteers, they often
have difficulties with attracting and retaining these free labor forces. In this sense, studying …

This article is intended as the leading article in a Special Issue of Voluntas devoted to
episodic volunteering from a cross-cultural perspective. This article focuses on summarizing …

Drawing on self‐determination theory, the current study investigates the mediation process
of satisfaction with the 3 basic needs (ie, autonomy, competence, relatedness) between …

We investigated a number of established and emergent antecedents of affective and
normative commitment of volunteers involved with a large Australian non-profit (NP) service …

The aim of the present study is to provide a deeper understanding of how autonomy-
supportive leadership affects volunteer motivation by taking volunteers' individual …

The ideological psychological contract (PC) describes perceived obligations related to an
organization's mission, values, and principles. The lack of research regarding ideological …

Several scholars in the field of volunteering emphasized the pivotal role of psychological
contract (PC) violation in explaining maladaptive behavioural reactions—such as …

Scholars agree that counterproductive work behavior (CWB) is instigated by psychological
contract breach and feelings of violation. This article focuses on the mediating role of …