Membership indicates a workplace environment where members choose to work in the organization--even if they feel they must, for economic reasons, work in the organization. In the Membership Organization, the members individually and collectively work beyond participation. There is a mind-set of high personal responsibility, shared accountability, and member connectedness, making it possible for a more level working community to exist. The concept of membership stimulates enrollment in the organizational purpose, facilitates acceptance of a shared urgency of top performance, and expands opportunities for contribution and success for every individual and group within the workplace community.