ABSTRACT
This research examines whether there are differences between individuals from generations X and Y on the degree to which the backgrounds job satisfaction and organizational commitment precede the intention of quitting the job. In order to measure the constructs there were used three questionnaires, which were validated in previous studies, presented in a Likert scale of 5 points: the first is from Price and Mueller (1981) to analyze job satisfaction, the second is from Mowday, Steers and Porter (1979) to check the organizational commitment; the third is the analysis of intention of quitting the job, which was done by using the questionnaire of Benkhoff (1997). In addition to the questionnaires, it was included in the survey questions to collect demographics data such as age, sex, education level, field of expertise, hierarchical level and place of residence. There were obtained a total of 320 valid responses and the relation between the variables was studied by the method of Structural Equation Modeling in order to test the hypotheses presented, with the estimation PLS ( Partial Least Squares - Path Modeling) through the software SmartPLS 2.0. It was identified a pattern of positive and highly significant relation between job satisfaction and organizational commitment, and negative and significant relation between these constructs and the intention of quitting the job for both generations X and Y. Comparing the generations, the results suggest that for generation X job satisfaction proved to be a stronger antecedent to organizational commitment and intention to quit the job, contrary to expectations. However, as expected, organizational commitment proved to be a stronger antecedent to the intention of quitting the job for Generation Y. The study has limitations regarding the sampling, the methodology and the interpretation of data and suggests future studies indicating the need to overcome such limitations.
Keywords:
People Management; Generation X; Generation Y; Job satisfaction; Organizational Commitment; Turnover
