TY - JOUR
T1 - Social Workers’ Conflict of Loyalty in the Context of Social Activism
T2 - The Case of the 2011 Social Protests in Israel
AU - Makaros, Ayelet
AU - Grodofsky, Merav Moshe
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2016/4/2
Y1 - 2016/4/2
N2 - This qualitative study examined the experiences of social workers who participated in the 2011 Israeli social protests. Data were collected through 1 focus group interview. The sample included 11 social workers employed in 11 social welfare departments throughout the country. Findings highlight the complexities and dilemmas experienced by social workers who protested against the system that employs them. Research findings contribute to the discourse regarding the conflict of loyalty experienced by public social workers engaged in social activism that targets the system that employs them.
AB - This qualitative study examined the experiences of social workers who participated in the 2011 Israeli social protests. Data were collected through 1 focus group interview. The sample included 11 social workers employed in 11 social welfare departments throughout the country. Findings highlight the complexities and dilemmas experienced by social workers who protested against the system that employs them. Research findings contribute to the discourse regarding the conflict of loyalty experienced by public social workers engaged in social activism that targets the system that employs them.
KW - Conflict of loyalty
KW - policy practice
KW - public social workers
KW - social activism
KW - social protest
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84975299298&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10705422.2016.1164784
DO - 10.1080/10705422.2016.1164784
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AN - SCOPUS:84975299298
SN - 1070-5422
VL - 24
SP - 147
EP - 165
JO - Journal of Community Practice
JF - Journal of Community Practice
IS - 2
ER -