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Differences on Psychological Contract on Employees Generation X and Generation Y on PT. M
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This study aims to determine differences of the psychological contract employees generation X and generation Y in PT M branch Surabaya. Rousseau (1989) described the psychological contract as an individual's beliefs regarding the terms and conditions of a reciprocal exchange agreement between that focal person and their organization, such beliefs are perceptual so that each individual has a different psychological contract. Data collection techniques in this research using questionnaires. The instrument used in this study is the scale of the Psychological Contract by Wicaksono (2013). This scale consists of 18 items and were tested to 40 subjects who worked in PT M Branch Surabaya unit E. Sampling technique that we used is purposive sampling. The results of data analysis showed that the mean value of a group of generation X and generation Y is not significantly different. By using independent sample t-test, result showed that the significance is 0.729 (sig > 0,05). This shows that there are no differences in the psychological contract (relational and transactional) between employees of generation X and generation Y. Although there are differences, but only slightly (as seen from the difference in means of -1.6000).
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.52155/ijpsat.v12.2.678
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