TY - JOUR T1 - Similarities and Differences of Work Values Between Gen X And Gen Y in Malaysia AU - Yet-Mee, Lim AU - Yin-Fah, Benjamin Chan AU - Kok-Siew, Han JO - International Business Management VL - 10 IS - 9 SP - 1687 EP - 1692 PY - 2016 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1993-5250 DO - ibm.2016.1687.1692 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2016.1687.1692 KW - Work relationship KW -financial and work conditions KW -influence and advancement KW -autonomy and use of skills KW -Malaysia AB - From the economic point of view, both the generation X and generation Y are the main income generator for a nation as long as they keep working in the formal labor force and keep paying their taxes. However, these two groups of working group might have a different accumulated work value due to the different life trajectories. The research aims to look for the differences and any similarities of work values between the generation X and generation Y. A modified version of Work Values Questionnaires (WVQ; Mantech, 1983) was employed in this study and it found that the there was significant differences in terms of work values between the generation X and Y. To suggest, a different types of work values hold might lead to different implications for an organization specifically when dealing with staff recruitment, training and job assignments. ER -