Although volunteering in times of crisis has received considerable
attention, most studies focus either on emergent groups or on volun
tary associations like the Red Cross, and studies of voluntary action
within the type of organization referred to as bureaucracy are rare.
This paper reports findings from a multivariate statistical analysis of
off-duty personnel who reported to work voluntarily at a short-term
general hospital treating victims of a major disaster in a metropolitan
area. Logistic regression was used to estimate a model that explains
differences between employees who participated voluntarily and those
who did not participate.
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