Career motives according to degree of religiosity among Jewish students in Israel

Moshe Sharabi, Brian A. Polin

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Abstract

Members of Israel’s Jewish population self-identify along religious lines as ultra-orthodox, religious, traditional, or secular. Adherents of each group maintain different lifestyles and different social, political and economic values. This unique study attempts to reveal the differing intra-state career motives among these sub-groups. The global research project GUESSS (Global University Entrepreneurial Students‘ Spirit Survey) included 995 Israeli students, who were asked about their career motives. The findings reveal that there is a very high similarity between ultra-orthodox and religious on one hand and between traditional and secular on the other hand, regarding career motives. Ultra-orthodox and religious had a significantly lower motive for autonomy and control, for a stimulating job and for realizing dreams and creativity than traditional and secular. Gender and age do not affect the motives, while military service and family status have a significant effect on the motive for autonomy and control.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)139-158
Number of pages20
JournalJournal of Management, Spirituality and Religion
Volume17
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Mar 2020
Externally publishedYes

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, © 2019 Association of Management, Spirituality & Religion.

Keywords

  • Career motives
  • Israel
  • Jews
  • religiosity degree
  • ultra-orthodox
  • work values

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Religious studies
  • Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
  • Strategy and Management
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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