Working Paper
Factors Effecting the Organizational Commitment of Technical Knowledge Workers: Generation X, Baby Boomers, and Beyond
Gaining the commitment of knowledge workers will be one of the central management challenges in the new millennium. We address an important gap in the literature on commitment: how predictors of affective and continuance commitment for technical knowledge workers vary across age groups or career stages. Our results suggest that technical skill development and pay for individual performance are important for younger or mid career employees. Work/non-work balance is important for mid career workers. Career advancement is important for mid or later career employees. Job security is important to older employees. A climate for innovation and risk, and pay for organizational performance are important across career stages. Implications for career stages and generational differences between Generation X, baby boomers and others are discussed.
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