<i>“All Glorious is the Princess within Her Chamber</i>”: Ideological-spiritual fulfillment of Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jewish women in the changing employment environment

Freund, Anat; Zriker, Amit; Shor, Ester

doi:10.1080/15426432.2019.1568351

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“…In contrast to Hall’s (1976) model, the current study found that employees’ career commitment tended to decrease with age. Even though these findings contrasted Hall’s model, they are in line with findings from recent studies (Kooij et al, 2010), and may be explained by various factors, such as burnout (Kim et al, 2011) and the public’s image of the profession (Zugazaga et al, 2006), but mainly by the changes in today’s labor market, in which employees tend to be less committed to their organization and career, and more committed to other aspects in their lives, such as their family and personal lives (Freund et al, 2019; Hur and Perry, 2020). In future studies, it is important to ascertain the impact of age on social workers’ work attitudes, such as career commitment.…”

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Career commitment among social workers: The contribution of personal, organizational, and vocational factors

Freund¹,

Koltun

Zriker

2021

International Social Work

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Despite today’s considerable changes in the labor market, studies on the career commitment of social workers remain scarce. The current study focuses on the personal, organizational, and vocational factors of social workers’ career commitment. The study included 251 social workers from various organizations in Israel. Findings show that their career commitment is positively correlated with Protean and Boundaryless career patterns, as well as with their perceived career success. These findings could contribute in developing tools that could increase social workers’ career commitment, which in turn would enable them to be more effective at work, to the benefit of their clients.

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Career commitment among social workers: The contribution of personal, organizational, and vocational factors

Freund¹,

Koltun

Zriker

2021

International Social Work

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“…However, as Haredi women move into new, and less-traditional fields (i.e. finance, high-tech), they may be increasingly see jobs less as a "calling" and more as offering opportunity for personal interest and growth (Freund et al, 2019).…”

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“…Their rate of workforce participation (76%) is similar to the general Jewish female population (Central Bureau of Statistics, 2020). With that, they are still expected to fulfill traditional roles and responsibilities (Blumen, 2002; Caplan, 2003; Freund et al , 2019). And, as suggested by Morgan (1987), their own attitude toward those roles are impacted by their own religious beliefs.…”

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“…Harzing and Pinnington (2010) have noted the importance of examining such matters through an "international" lens, taking into account cultural and societal variations of the work experience. This work does just that -Women's centrality of life domains among a particularly under-researched population (Freund et al, 2019) that is not only the fastest growing population in Israel but also a population exhibiting unique occupational patterns (Kay, 2012). Finally, it does so via a particularly pertinent lens that affords insight regarding their attitudes toward competing social roles and life domains.…”

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“…It does so by examining the possible impact of religious identity on attitudes toward various life domains among Jewish women in Israel, with a particular focus on those women identifying with the most-religious and fastest-growing population in Israel: the Haredi community. Significantly, this research comes at a time in which many women from the Haredi community find themselves entering increasing varied professions and diverse workplaces (Wasserman and Frenkel, 2020; Freund et al , 2019), necessitating them to navigate new professional and social realities that previous generations of Haredi women did not experience.…”

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Women’s centrality of life domains: the Israeli case

Kay

Sharabi

2022

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Purpose This article aims to provide an examination of the impact of Jewish religious tradition on attitudes toward life domains among Jewish Israeli women. This is the first study of importance of life-domains among women in the ultra-Orthodox community: the fastest growing population in Israel. This population exhibits a unique occupational pattern in which women are the primary economic actors. As women are transitioning into more central occupational and economic players throughout the world, this research has both theoretical and practical implications. Design/methodology/approach In total, 567 employed Jewish Israeli women (309 secular, 138 traditional and 120 ultra-Orthodox) completed a survey about relative importance of life domains. Responses were analyzed via mean-comparison tests, ANOVA and regression analysis. Findings Surprisingly, religiosity was associated with higher lower work centrality. Work centrality was the highest among ultra-Orthodox women, and family centrality the lowest. Centrality of religion increased and centrality of leisure decreased with religiosity. No differences emerged regarding centrality of community. Research limitations/implications A limitation of this study is that attitudes toward life domains are based on one-time responses to one question. With that, the psychometric characteristics of the measure and its wide-spread use indicate its acceptability and applicability for the issue studied. Practical implications The data point to changes in the attitudes of ultra-Orthodox women toward life-domains. Those changes and the increased presence of these women at the workplace challenge both organizational and community leaders to reexamine how to best react to and benefit from the above. Social implications Ultra-orthodox society is a fundamentalist, enclave society that has, generally, been able to retain traditional internal social and familial patterns until now. However, increased exposure of community members – and particularly women – to a variety of organizations and individuals operating in them, may be contributing to changes in attitudes of those women regarding their traditional social and familial roles. Originality/value This study closes gaps in research examining the impact of religion and of gender on work attitudes. It does so among women in the fastest growing population of Israel, that exhibit a unique occupational pattern that can contribute to both theoreticians and policy planners regarding implications of the transition of women to more central economic roles.

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Work Values of Working Women in Israel: A Comparison of Haredi Women with Those from the Secular and Traditional Segments

Sharabi

Kay

2023

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The Haredi (or Ultra-Orthodox) sector is the fastest growing population in Israel, but the ability to study their working world is limited, and as far as we know, the work values of Haredi women (who are usually the main breadwinners) have not been studied to date. This unique study compares their work values with those of secular and traditional Jewish-Israeli women. The Meaning of Work (MOW) questionnaire was administered to 467 employed Jewish-Israeli women (309 Secular, 138 Traditional, and 120 Haredi), addressing values, attitudes, and aspirations at the workplace. The findings indicate that, while secular women ascribe more importance to individualistic values related to interesting work and variety than do traditionalist and Haredi women, no significant differences exist among the three groups concerning the interest in good pay, autonomy, interpersonal relations, or job security. In addition, a higher level of religiosity was associated with the importance of convenient hours and inversely associated with the importance of learning new things. Further, Haredi women attribute more importance to promotion and congruence between their personal abilities and experience and the job requirements than did women from the other two groups. Overall, the background demographic variables had little impact on work values. The findings can be explained by the different cultural values (collectivism versus individualism) and the obstacles Haredi women experience in the labor market.

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“All Glorious is the Princess within Her Chamber”: Ideological-spiritual fulfillment of Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jewish women in the changing employment environment

Cited by 11 publications

References 38 publications

Career commitment among social workers: The contribution of personal, organizational, and vocational factors

Career commitment among social workers: The contribution of personal, organizational, and vocational factors

Women’s centrality of life domains: the Israeli case

Work Values of Working Women in Israel: A Comparison of Haredi Women with Those from the Secular and Traditional Segments

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