and the Volunteer’s Psychological Contract

Studies indicate that psychological contracts can develop between volunteers and the nonprofit organizations they serve and that this relationship plays a role in volunteer performance and retention. This study explored the relationships between volunteers ’ levels of trust, job satisfac-tion, and organizational commitment and their perceptions of organizational breaches of the contract. The data indicated decreases in job satisfaction may influence volunteers ’ perceptions of contract breach but trust and organizational commitment did not. Keywords: volunteers, satisfaction, commitment, trust, psychological contract