The highest level of OCB is reached in the foster care centre. One can state that employees in the public sector
are more frequently willing to undertake extra-roles than those in the private sector. In the foster care centre, the
availability to undertake extra-role behaviours is greater than in a primary school, probably due to the job
responsibilities which entail a strong emotional dimension. The ones who choose to work in foster care centres are
most often intrinsically motivated and get emotionally involved in their job, a possible result being a more intense
emotional consumption which can result in lowering the level of satisfaction.
Work satisfaction in the public sector is statistically higher than in the private sector and certainly not because of
the financial rewards. The maximum degree of satisfaction was registered among school employees.
OCB and gender: The frequency of OCB among genders was compared. As a tendency, women get more
involved in OCB (M=64.0 SD = 25.96) than men (M=49.35 SD = 24.34).
As in the first study, higher-education employees were compared to secondary education employees. The latter
get more involved in extra-role behaviours (M=71.33 SD = 30.92) than the former (M=53.10, SD = 22.62),
t(54)=2,41, p