New Hire on-boarding in Russian Companies: Differences of Cognitive and Social-Psychological Attitudes Across Three Generations

DOI: 10.5176/2251-1865_CBP16.7

Authors: Vera A. Chiker and Natalia V. Volkova

Abstract: This paper presents the results of empirical research of the interaction between career motivation, self-monitoring and generational differences. The key goal is to analyze cognitive and social-psychological attitudes of three generations’ full-time newcomers from two Russian companies (n=142): Baby Boomers (1946-1964), Generation X (1965-1983), Generation Y (1984 or later). The research explored the role of career anchors and selfmonitoring across three age groups as core cognitive and socialpsychological patterns for stable employees. We employed the following methods analysis of variance, Student’s t-test and factor analysis. The findings illustrate that Baby Boomers and Generation X have more adaptable characteristics toward achieving organizational socialization. The generation Y is characterized by the most nontraditional social-psychological patterns about organizational environment and, in fact, is in coherence with the stage of their professional and career development. We conclude that for better understanding of both already working and newly coming personnel, managers are recommended to specify their career and social attitudes.

Keywords: career anchors; generations; on-boarding;