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17. Generation Y and Job Satisfaction: Work Styles, Professional Expectations, and Career Concerns

Authors : Sharizan Sharkawi, Amina Josetta Kayani, Mazlina Ahmad Zayadah

Published in: Proceedings of the 1st AAGBS International Conference on Business Management 2014 (AiCoBM 2014)

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

For about one decade now, the Generation Y has been entering the workforce in large numbers, which has given them the power to reshape the rules of play at work. Gen Y employees share many of the values of hard work and social consequences and demand more individual treatment and flexibility in training, work assignments, and work schedules. As the major test that faces organizations today is how to enhance job satisfaction within this new generation, this conceptual study aims to explore the work styles, professional expectations, and career concerns of Gen Y employees as the factors that could enhance their job satisfaction and to develop a preliminary job satisfaction model applicable to the Malaysian workforce. In-depth review of past literature was also made to further understand the elements that would lead to Gen Y more fulfilled at the workplace.

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Metadata
Title
Generation Y and Job Satisfaction: Work Styles, Professional Expectations, and Career Concerns
Authors
Sharizan Sharkawi
Amina Josetta Kayani
Mazlina Ahmad Zayadah
Copyright Year
2016
Publisher
Springer Singapore
Book
Proceedings of the 1st AAGBS International Conference on Business Management 2014 (AiCoBM 2014)

Print ISBN: 978-981-287-425-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-287-426-9

Copyright Year: 2016

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-426-9_17