Yizhaq Benbenisty
Biographic Data
| ID | 4187051 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yizhaq Benbenisty |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yizhaq |
| FAMILY NAME | Benbenisty |
| SIGNATURE | BENBENISTY Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Haifa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5424-2721 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Call to Arms
Combat motivation lacks theoretical grounding and has overlooked reserve soldiers facing dual-identity challenges. This study provides an application of Self-Determination Theory (SDT) to combat motivation, examining how intrinsic motivation predicts reserve soldiers’ willingness to risk their lives and return for future deployments. Data from 778 Israeli Defense Forces combat reserve soldiers following extended deployment during the “Iron Swords…
A time to act and a time for restraint
Using a mixed‐methods approach, this study examines how leaders' everyday sensegiving strategies shape followers' compliance with a paradoxical use‐of‐force policy. Building on performance data derived from 41 teams and interviews with their respective team leaders, our findings point to two sensegiving strategies: practical (connecting the policy to larger organizational goals) and internalization (connecting the policy to team members' personal…
A Time of War’
This paper explores the construction of combat motivation in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), arguing that although Israeli society at large is in a ‘Post Heroic’ era, the ‘Heroic Spirit’ is revealed during emergencies. A total of 1535 questionnaires were administered among combat soldiers during large-scale operations fought during national emergency and during small-scale routine operations. The results reveal differences in the construction of…
Coping Styles and Combat Motivation During Operations
The characteristic challenges of combat lead military personnel to develop adaptive coping styles that are different from coping styles used in routine life. This contention is explored using data collected from Israel Defense Forces conscript and reserve soldiers during intense military operations. The results of this study support this claim, in particular concerning faith. Coping styles were also correlated with combat motivations and measures…
A Time of War’
This paper explores the construction of combat motivation in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), arguing that although Israeli society at large is in a ‘Post Heroic’ era, the ‘Heroic Spirit’ is revealed during emergencies. A total of 1535 questionnaires were administered among combat soldiers during large-scale operations fought during national emergency and during small-scale routine operations. The results reveal differences in the construction of…
Coping Styles and Combat Motivation During Operations
The characteristic challenges of combat lead military personnel to develop adaptive coping styles that are different from coping styles used in routine life. This contention is explored using data collected from Israel Defense Forces conscript and reserve soldiers during intense military operations. The results of this study support this claim, in particular concerning faith. Coping styles were also correlated with combat motivations and measures…
A time to act and a time for restraint
Using a mixed‐methods approach, this study examines how leaders' everyday sensegiving strategies shape followers' compliance with a paradoxical use‐of‐force policy. Building on performance data derived from 41 teams and interviews with their respective team leaders, our findings point to two sensegiving strategies: practical (connecting the policy to larger organizational goals) and internalization (connecting the policy to team members' personal…
Coping Styles and Combat Motivation During Operations
The characteristic challenges of combat lead military personnel to develop adaptive coping styles that are different from coping styles used in routine life. This contention is explored using data collected from Israel Defense Forces conscript and reserve soldiers during intense military operations. The results of this study support this claim, in particular concerning faith. Coping styles were also correlated with combat motivations and measures…
A Time of War’
This paper explores the construction of combat motivation in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), arguing that although Israeli society at large is in a ‘Post Heroic’ era, the ‘Heroic Spirit’ is revealed during emergencies. A total of 1535 questionnaires were administered among combat soldiers during large-scale operations fought during national emergency and during small-scale routine operations. The results reveal differences in the construction of…
A time to act and a time for restraint
Using a mixed‐methods approach, this study examines how leaders' everyday sensegiving strategies shape followers' compliance with a paradoxical use‐of‐force policy. Building on performance data derived from 41 teams and interviews with their respective team leaders, our findings point to two sensegiving strategies: practical (connecting the policy to larger organizational goals) and internalization (connecting the policy to team members' personal…
The Call to Arms
Combat motivation lacks theoretical grounding and has overlooked reserve soldiers facing dual-identity challenges. This study provides an application of Self-Determination Theory (SDT) to combat motivation, examining how intrinsic motivation predicts reserve soldiers’ willingness to risk their lives and return for future deployments. Data from 778 Israeli Defense Forces combat reserve soldiers following extended deployment during the “Iron Swords…
Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Gender, Security, and Conflict (2 works) · Military personnel (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (2 works) · Bureaucracy (1 work)