Linking job expectation, career perception, intention to stay: Evidence from generation Y

Abstract

As the level of turnover rate in present-day banking industry continues to increase, one of the causes is a gap between expectations and perceptions of employees in the workplace. Employees have assessed their future career lives based on their estimation during job searching process. They already have expectations for the workplace by seeking information from various sources about the company as well as the job or position. The aim of this research is to study the relationship between job expectations and career perception, and how it impacts an employee’s intention to stay. The data were collected from 324 Gen Y respondents who work in public banking. The correlation test demonstrates that job expectations has strong impact on career perception. This study also finds that there is positive effect of career perception and intention to stay.

Keywords

• job expectation
• career perception
• intention to stay
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• j23
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