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    Die rolle von auslandseinsätzen im kontext der karriereziele der Türkischen generation y
    (Türk-Alman Üniversitesi, 2017) Flach, Kristina Theresa; Maletzky, Martina
    Generations and the value systems they hold have been, and still are a popular and at the same time intensely discussed research theme, studied most commonly by sociologists, economists and psychologists. The values somebody holds are the result of formative experiences made during the socialization process and are assumed to remain relatively stable over time. Values are therefore expected to differ between generations. The focus of this study is Turkish Generation Y, their career goals and the role of foreign assignments. As research on Turkish samples is sparse, the overall question of whether Turkish Generation Y’s characteristics match with those of ‘Western’ samples was also investigated. Furthermore the question whether Generation Y is a homogeneous group or whether there are differences among the members of Generation Y was surveyed as well. This study was conducted using a quantitative research approach. For this purpose, by combining information from different sources – such as Turkish and international research studies on the concept of generations as well as Turkish recent history – a questionnaire has been created. The questionnaire has been sent to 189 employees of a subsidiary of an international company located in Istanbul who were born between 1980 and 1999 and thus defined as ‘Generation Y’. A total of 57 responses were gathered. To analyze the data, the arithmetic average, standard deviation, median and frequencies of answers were measured and relatively compared. The findings suggest that there are differences between ‘Western’ trends and the present sample. While international findings with samples from the US and Europe state that the most outstanding features of Generation Y are the high importance of work-life balance and lower work centrality, in the present study the highest importance was placed on the salary and work was considered as important. The findings also suggest some differences regarding the Turkish research studies. Furthermore, some differences among members of the group themselves were found, suggesting that there are other influencing factors such as education and whether a person has children or not. Regarding the role of foreign assignments, the findings suggest that such opportunities are considered as important especially by those test persons who have lived abroad before. Career-focused test persons were found more likely to change their employer for an opportunity of a foreign assignment than family-centric test persons.