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GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN PROFESSIONALS: MYTH OR REALITY?
The paper explores the generational diversity inherent in the modern organizations. It examines the generational differences between Generation-X (born between 1960-1980) and Generation-Y (born between 1980-2000) professionals working in the software industry. The study attempts to explore whether t...
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Abhigyan
2011
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| Streszczenie: | The paper explores the generational diversity inherent in the modern organizations. It
examines the generational differences between Generation-X (born between 1960-1980) and
Generation-Y (born between 1980-2000) professionals working in the software industry. The
study attempts to explore whether there are generational differences in work commitment
between the two age cohorts or it's only a myth. A total of 250 respondents belonging to
Software industries were administered a questionnaire. 125 respondents were typically X
Generation and 125 were Y- Generation employees. 50 percent of the respondents in both the
cases were males and 50 percent of the respondents were females. The study examined
generational differences for the five types of work commitment –work involvement, job
involvement, work group commitment, organizational commitment and professional
commitment. Organizational commitment and professional commitment in turn had three
components each- affective commitment, continuance commitment and normative
commitment. Thus, a total of nine factors were examined for the study. The data was
analyzed using two-tailed t-tests (pooled variances method). The results reveal that the two
generations differed significantly only on three of the nine factors examined. Thus, the
generations are more homogenous than heterogeneous in their work values and beliefs. This
finding has serious implications for research and practice. It provides the HR managers a
useful insight that the observed differences are attributable to other factors (career and stage
of life) instead of being an exclusive and true 'generational divide |
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| Opis fizyczny: | Vol 28 No. 4 (January - March 2011) |