Generation Y and their Involvement in Work

Authors

  • Sergiu Lucian Raiu Postdoctoral researcher, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, Doctoral School of Sociology, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca, Romania

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18662/lumenss/9.1/34

Keywords:

Generation Y, work values, career, professional abilities

Abstract

This article presents the characteristics of Generation Y who are also referred to as Millennials in literature. It’s aim is to find out whether some of the general characteristics belong to young people in Romania, in the case of those who were born during the last years of Generation Y period. On the basis of a longitudinal sociological study where we have looked at the transition to maturity of 3509 high school students during a period of 8 years through a three waves research: when they were in the final high school years (12th and 13th grade), two years and 8 years after graduating from high school, we describe here the experience, perceptions and visions over workplaces and future career. 854 Generation Y young adults from Romania have responded to an online questionnaire during the three waves of the study.

Author Biography

Sergiu Lucian Raiu, Postdoctoral researcher, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, Doctoral School of Sociology, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca, Romania

Postdoctoral researcher, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, Doctoral School of Sociology

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Published

2020-08-21

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Raiu, S. L. (2020). Generation Y and their Involvement in Work. Logos Universality Mentality Education Novelty: Social Sciences, 9(1), 65-83. https://doi.org/10.18662/lumenss/9.1/34

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