Vocational Choice and Attitudes toward Welfare Policy

Guy, Anat

doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcr017

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“…This unambiguous support for an activist welfare state runs counter to the neo-liberal discourse that has prevailed among economic decision makers and high-level bureaucrats in Israel in the last decades (Dery & Sharon, 1994; Doron, 2007) and permeated into Knesset discussions. It is consistent, however, with the pro-welfare attitudes found among Israeli social workers and social work students (Guy, 2011; Makaros & Weiss-Gal, 2014). It is also consistent with the activism demonstrated by individual social workers and groups they formed to oppose cutbacks in social welfare provision and the privatization of social services (Levin, 2012; Yonah & Spivak, 2012).…”

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confidence: 79%

“…It is consistent, however, with the prowelfare attitudes found among Israeli social workers and social work students (Guy, 2011;Makaros & Weiss-Gal, 2014). It is also consistent with the activism demonstrated by individual social workers and groups they formed to oppose cutbacks in social welfare provision and the privatization of social services (Levin, 2012;Yonah & Spivak, 2012).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 67%

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‘Money makes the world go around’: Social workers in parliamentary finance committees in Israel

Weiss‐Gal

Nouman

2015

Journal of Social Work

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The study examined social workers' participation in two powerful parliamentary committees in Israel: the Finance Committee (FC) and the Economics Affairs Committee (EAC). It sought to better understand the characteristics of social workers who participated in these committees, their inputs, and to uncover differences between these findings and those on social workers in other parliamentary committees. Qualitative and quantitative content analyses were conducted on the minutes of the committees' sessions between 1999-2013.Findings: At least one social worker spoke in 50 of the FC sessions and in 26 of the EAC sessions. These sessions dealt with a wide range of subjects, including national and local social services budgets, social problems, and vulnerable populations. The social workers expressed opinions on deficiencies in social policies and made recommendations for dealing with social problems. Their opinions conveyed support for social provision in a period in which the neo-liberal discourse was in ascendant. They also provided information on diverse aspects of current social policies. Most of the social worker participants were employed in the government sector.Implications: In terms of theory, the study augments our knowledge of social workers as policy actors. In terms of practice, it shows that finance committees are relevant and accessible arenas of social work activity. Awareness of the inputs and the roles identified can enable social workers to better understand their potential contribution to the discussions of such committees and conceptualize their possible roles in them.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 79%

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 67%

‘Money makes the world go around’: Social workers in parliamentary finance committees in Israel

Weiss‐Gal

Nouman

2015

Journal of Social Work

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“…We reasoned that communicating a value-identity fitting message should appeal to, or resonate with, those in the group who already share the movement's ideological background (Gamson, 1992;Klandermans, 1997). However, communicating the very same message to those in the group with a different ideological background (Guy, 2011;Pratto, Sidanius, Stallworth, & Malle, 1994) would actually be more likely to be a misfit, which might backfire or at least fail to motivate individuals to engage in collective action.…”

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confidence: 99%

Integrating who “we” are with what “we” (will not) stand for: A further extension of the Social Identity Model of Collective Action

Zomeren

Kutlaca

Turner-Zwinkels

2018

European Review of Social Psychology

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Collective action refers to any action that individuals undertake as group members to pursue group goals such as social change. In this chapter, we further extend the Social Identity Model of Collective Action (SIMCA) by including not just (politicised) identity but also moral motivations into its core, effectively integrating who "we" are with what "we" (will not) stand for. Conceptually, we utilise self-categorisation theory's notion of normative fit to elaborate this special relationship between the moral and identity motivations for collective action. Empirically, we review two research projects (the experimental and survey-based Value-Identity Fit Project and the longitudinal Politicisation Project) that both suggest that the SIMCA needs to be extended to include, both conceptually and empirically, a broader range of (violated) moral beliefs and a focus on identity content. We discuss key implications of expanding the core of the SIMCA for the social psychology of collective action and social change, and suggest new directions for future theorising and research in this field.

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“…We then proceeded to identify the ideologically different subgroups. Our strategy was to compare students groups based on their study background, 5 as previous research had found ideological differences among students depending on their majors (Guy, 2011). Due to relatively small sample size and no effects of the manipulation, we calculated the mean scores on all variables 2 One person did not indicate age or gender.…”

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Preaching to, or Beyond, the Choir

2016

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Abstract. Although values motivate participation in collective action, little is known about whether their communication by a social movement motivates identification with it. In the context of student protests against budget cuts, we tested whether and how fitting a value (right to free education) to two relevant group identities (i.e., student vs. national identity) influenced politicized identification among individuals in ideologically different student subgroups (N = 168). Specifically, for students who shared the movement’s ideological background, we found that communicating values increased the predictive power of affective predictors of politicized identification over instrumental ones. However, for students who did not share the movement’s ideological background, fitting values to student (but not national) identity decreased politicized identification. These findings imply that value-identity fit must be taken into account if one wants to motivate a broad audience of potential followers with diverse ideological backgrounds for collective action.

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Vocational Choice and Attitudes toward Welfare Policy

Cited by 12 publications

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‘Money makes the world go around’: Social workers in parliamentary finance committees in Israel

‘Money makes the world go around’: Social workers in parliamentary finance committees in Israel

Integrating who “we” are with what “we” (will not) stand for: A further extension of the Social Identity Model of Collective Action

Preaching to, or Beyond, the Choir

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