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

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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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Acknowledgment

The authors would like to thank Research Management Institute (RMI) of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia, for giving the support and funding to conduct this study. RIF No.: 600-RMI-DANA 5/3/RIF (865/2012).

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  1. Faculty of Business Management, University Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam, Malaysia

    Sharizan Sharkawi & Mazlina Ahmad Zayadah

  2. Faculty of Business Management, Arshad Ayub Graduate Business School, Institute of Business Excellence, University Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam, Malaysia

    Amina Josetta Kayani

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  1. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia

    Jaafar Pyeman

  2. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia

    Wan Edura Wan Rashid

  3. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia

    Azlina Hanif

  4. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia

    Syed Jamal Abdul Nasir Syed Mohamad

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Sharkawi, S., Kayani, A.J., Zayadah, M.A. (2016). Generation Y and Job Satisfaction: Work Styles, Professional Expectations, and Career Concerns. In: Pyeman, J., Wan Rashid, W., Hanif, A., Syed Mohamad, S., Tan, P. (eds) Proceedings of the 1st AAGBS International Conference on Business Management 2014 (AiCoBM 2014). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-426-9_17

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