مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - The Pyschological Contractual Perception of the R Generation Which was Emerged by Changes in Working Life

Abstract :

The aim of this study is to focus on the transformation of the change in working life over the educated workforce. Defined as R generation educated workforce is intended to detect the presence in the IT sector in Turkey. This is the question of the perception of the psychological contract in the face of changes. In the study where the field research technique was used, 402 people working in the headquarters of one of the communication and technology companies were reached for fieldwork. Changes in Generation R were also identified in the field study. Employability emphasis is created in working life came to the fore. Increasing competition in the labor force blurs the boundary between work life of generations. Other cautıon, The R generation tends to connect the decreasing value of their psychological contract. For this generation, relational psychological contract is more important than transactional psychological contract. The higher wage level, as expectations of a career in the same company are expected to express their perception of the level of psychological contract for this generation. New dynamics of the changing work life is more meaningful for this generation. The most striking point is that this generation is concern about employability despite the good level of education and qualifications. These concerns and attitude changes that occur against the concept of work is changing the assessment of the psychological contract this generation. The theme of trust is lost, the company has declined and employability perspective on the importance of the psychological contract with changes in working life that is lost in the forefront of the concept of belonging to this generation. The important point is employability.