The purpose of this study is to identify generational differences of the meaning of work, affective organizational commitment, and their relationship, between millennial and older generations in small and medium-sized IT companies. For this purpose, t...
The purpose of this study is to identify generational differences of the meaning of work, affective organizational commitment, and their relationship, between millennial and older generations in small and medium-sized IT companies. For this purpose, the survey polled 255 millennial and 151 older generations of IT companies. Those companies are small and medium-sized, which meant annual sales is from 40 to 150 billion KRW and total asset is less than 500 billion KRW, under the enforcement decree of the framework act on small and medium-sized enterprises of Korea.
The results are as follows; first, the difference between millennial and older generations of IT companies was found to be statistically significant in the meaning of work and its all sub-factors. Second, the difference between millennial and older generations of IT companies was found to be statistically significant in the affective organizational commitment. Third, only positive meaning in work, among the sub-factors of the meaning of work, had a positive relationship with affective organizational commitment for millennial generation. On the other hand, for older generation, positive meaning in work and motivation for public good had a positive relationship with affective organizational commitment, among the sub-factors of the meaning of work.