An examination of behavioral families of organizational withdrawal in volunteer workers and paid employees

The general behavioral families of job withdrawal and work withdrawal were examined in volunteer workers and paid employees working within the same or ganization. Volunteer workers exhibited lower levels of both job withdrawal and work withdrawal than paid employees, and only slightly higher levels o f organizational commitment than paid employees. Hierarchical regression re sults indicated that although the same variables predicted job withdrawal a nd work withdrawal for both types of workers, different variables predicted each withdrawal construct. Implications for the study of volunteer workers and paid employees in organizations are discussed.