Abstract
About one third of each age cohort of high school graduates in the Israeli kibbutz opt for a year of community service before enlistment into the military. The motives that underlie this volunteering were explored from the perspective of kibbutz youth's prolonged transition to adulthood. The analysis revealed a blend of individualistic and collectivistic orientations linked with expectations of satisfying instrumental as well as explorative and expressive needs within a context of moratorial and liminal experience. Particular combinations of motives were also found to vary by the intended field of activity during this year.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 697-714 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Journal of Youth and Adolescence |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1993 |