Research on Expectations of Generations for Management Policies

Abstract

This study is intended to determine difference in perception of management between generations in business life and reveal expectations regarding to proper leadership styles based on such perception. The survey prepared under the study has been applied to 964 people in the Marmara Region and analyzed in SPPS 21 statistical packaged software. The survey is designed to determine generations’ expectations of business conditions and personality traits with two question groups. First, with ANOVA testing, it has been determined whether answers given to each item by generations have a significant difference in between. Then, answers given to scaling questions by generations have been subjected to distribution analysis by departments, and Two-Way MANOVE test has been used to analyze how the variables of generation and department vary by each item in the scale and whether or not there is a significant difference between them. As the result of the analysis, management perceptions and expectations for leadership styles of all generations have been similar to characteristics determined for Generation Y irrespective of age or experience. It has been concluded that management perception among generations and work life order in Turkey is not parallel with the Western societies in this respect.