COLLECTIVISTIC AND INDIVIDUALISTIC MOTIVES AMONG KIBBUTZ YOUTH VOLUNTEERING FOR COMMUNITY-SERVICE

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.