TY - JOUR
T1 - Agency of preservation or change
T2 - ultra-Orthodox educated women in the field of employment
AU - Kalagy, Tehila
AU - Braun-Lewensohn, Orna
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by The Israel Democracy Institute, Policy research 115.
Funding Information:
Orna Braun-Lewensohn is an Associate Professor and the head of the ‘Conflict Resolution and Conflict Management’ Program at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev (Israel). She received her Ph.D. at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussels in 2007. Her major research interests include mental health outcomes and coping during or following stressful events. The focus of her research is personal as well as communal coping resources in different cultural groups. Her theoretical perspective is the salutogenic model of Antonovsky and the coping theory of Lazarus & Folkman. She is considered an expert in this field. Recently, she was funded by The Israeli Science Foundation for her study: Is salutogenesis a universal construct? Understanding sense of coherence within an indigenous culture. Other main funding resources are Israeli Democracy Institute, Peres Center for Peace etc.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/3/15
Y1 - 2019/3/15
N2 - Within the last two decades, significant changes have been taking place in ultra-Orthodox society in Israel regarding higher education and entry into the workforce. This study examines the socio-religious identity of educated ultra-Orthodox women in light of their entry into the workforce. Findings show that although these women are leading a process of academic and occupational changes in the ultra-Orthodox community, they actually function as agents of preservation, and attest to a rise in their level of religiosity, despite the changes in their lives. Most of them continue to maintain the core values of Ultra-Orthodox society, especially the ideal of a ‘society of scholars’. They do reveal some openness towards the world, but in a limited and controlled manner.
AB - Within the last two decades, significant changes have been taking place in ultra-Orthodox society in Israel regarding higher education and entry into the workforce. This study examines the socio-religious identity of educated ultra-Orthodox women in light of their entry into the workforce. Findings show that although these women are leading a process of academic and occupational changes in the ultra-Orthodox community, they actually function as agents of preservation, and attest to a rise in their level of religiosity, despite the changes in their lives. Most of them continue to maintain the core values of Ultra-Orthodox society, especially the ideal of a ‘society of scholars’. They do reveal some openness towards the world, but in a limited and controlled manner.
KW - Higher education
KW - employment
KW - religious behavior
KW - ultra-Orthodox society
KW - women
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85041215570&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13668803.2018.1428175
DO - 10.1080/13668803.2018.1428175
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85041215570
SN - 1366-8803
VL - 22
SP - 229
EP - 250
JO - Community, Work and Family
JF - Community, Work and Family
IS - 2
ER -