Collectivistic and individualistic motives among kibbutz youth volunteering for community service

Arza Avrahami*, Yechezkel Dar

*Corresponding author for this work

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)697-714
Number of pages18
JournalJournal of Youth and Adolescence
Volume22
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1993

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