Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ485856
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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Sources of Motivation for Work in Gerontology: The Ethnic Factor among Students of Social Work in Israel.
Litwin, Howard
Educational Gerontology, v20 n4 p329-47 Jun 1994
Responses from 93 of 100 Arab and Jewish social work students in Israel identified ethnicity as the primary factor in motivation for working with elderly people. Arab students had a significantly higher degree of motivation. A secondary factor was a venerating or modernist attitude toward the aged. (SK)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Arabs, Attitudes, Career Choice, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries, Gerontology, Jews, Motivation, Social Work, Values
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Israel
