Abstract:

Human resources in businesses consist of different generations. Today, an average of four generations of Baby Boomers, X, Y and Z generations, work in the same workplace. There is also the Silent generation, which is the first generation that lived before these generations. The silent generation is no longer involved in working life as of their age. It is getting harder day by day to create attractive and satisfying environments for employees of different generations in workplaces. When the related literature is examined, there are the generations that are present in the working life, especially the X, Y and Z generations. However, there are not many studies on the Alpha generation, which is a generation that has not yet entered the business life. The aim of this research is to provide information about the generations currently in business life and to provide a foresight about the Alpha generation that will take place in business life in the future. When the studies on the concept of generation in the literature are examined it is seen that the generations before the Alpha generation are mainly investigated. Especially in our country, the fact that there is no study that examines the effects of the Alpha generation on the future work life by providing information about the future reveals the importance of this research. In addition, this study contains important findings for both researchers and practitioners.

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