Multigenerational Differences in Career Preferences, Reward Preferences and Work Engagement among Indian Employees. (February 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chawla, Deepak; Dokadia, Afsha; Rai, Snigdha
• Is Part Of: Global business review. Volume 18:Number 1(2017)
• Page Start: 181
• Page End: 197
• Publication Date: 2017-02
• Subjects: Employee generations -- generation Y -- career preferences -- work engagement -- reward preferences; Economic history -- 1990- -- Periodicals; Industrial management -- Periodicals; Business -- Periodicals; Commerce -- Periodicals; 650.05
• DOI: 10.1177/0972150916666964
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0972-1509

Abstract

The purpose of the present study is to empirically examine the multigenerational differences in career preferences, reward preferences and work engagement among three generations (senior generation, generation X and generation Y). Data were collected with the help of an online questionnaire from 653 working executives working in different Indian public and private organizations. Significance of differences in career preference, reward preference and work engagement among generations was analyzed with the help of analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by post hoc Tukey test. Findings of the present study indicate that there is a significant difference in career preferences and work engagement among the three studied generations. Additionally, there is no significant difference in reward preferences among the three studied generations. The present article describes and discusses these findings and the global implications of the same for managers.