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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 139-158 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 14 Mar 2020 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
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