THE EFFECT OF INDIVIDUAL AND SITUATIONAL FACTORS ON CAREER SATISFACTION AND AFFECTIVE COMMITMENT AMONG GENERATION Y EMPLOYEES: A CASE STUDY OF TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANY IN INDONESIA

Since massive retirement occurs at this telecommunication company, it caused millennial employees to replace positions or positions previously occupied by generation X. This resulted in generation Y dominating the workforce and providing challenges for the company. On the other hand, the phenomenon...

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Main Author: Noviandri P.D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: iVolga Press 2019-08-01
Series:Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences
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Online Access:https://rjoas.com/issue-2019-08/article_27.pdf
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Summary:Since massive retirement occurs at this telecommunication company, it caused millennial employees to replace positions or positions previously occupied by generation X. This resulted in generation Y dominating the workforce and providing challenges for the company. On the other hand, the phenomenon that often occurs in millennials is a lack of commitment and not easily satisfied. Based from this phenomenon, this study examines the effect of individual factors (proactive personality & performance goal orientation) and situational factors (organizational learning culture & leader-member exchange) on career satisfaction and affective commitment among generation Y employees in telecommunication company. This study uses a quantitative approach and the data collection techniques used are by distributing questionnaires. The population of this study are 123 employees from generation Y employees. The technique of determining the sample in this study is purposive sampling and the data testing techniques were using PLS. The results of this study indicate that situational factors (organizational learning culture & leader-member exchange) have a significant positive influences on career satisfaction and affective commitment. Meanwhile, the individual factors (proactive personality and performance goal orientation) have only a significant positive influences on career satisfaction. But on affective commitment, only proactive personality has a significant positive influence. Whereas the performance goal orientation does not significantly influence on affective commitment. This study also prove that there is a positive and significant influence between career satisfaction and affective commitment among generation Y employees in telecommunication company.
ISSN:2226-1184