Work motivation and burnout at work place: A comparative study of generation X and generation Y

Pages: 252-258
Jayatika Sinha (Department of Applied Psychology, Amity Institute of Psychology & Allied Sciences, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh)
Anjali Sahai (Amity Institute of Psychology & Allied Sciences, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh)

Workplace demographics is changing significantly in the recent times. There has been an unexpected shift in the workforce composition as three to four generations coming to work together in most of the organizations. So the real challenge is to retain senior employees who are valuable but at the same time recruiting young and bright talents. This is dependent upon the understanding of the requirements of rewards, training needs, and the different motivational level of the generational cohorts. Currently five Generations make up the workforce. They are Traditionalist, Baby boomers, Generation X, Generation Y and a recent addition of Generation Z but the purpose of this study is to assess and compare the relationship between work motivation and burnout levels of Generation X and Generation Y. For this Work Motivation Questionnaire by Agarwal (1990) and Maslach Burnout Inventory by Maslach, Jackson, and Leiter (1981) were taken. Results indicate significant difference in the work motivation and burnout levels of Generation X and Generation Y