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Great Resignation—Ethical, Cultural, Relational, and Personal Dimensions of Generation Y and Z Employees’ Engagement

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  • Aleksandra Kuzior

    (Department of Applied Social Sciences, Faculty of Organization and Management, Silesian University of Technology, 26-28 Roosevelt St., 41-800 Zabrze, Poland)

  • Karolina Kettler

    (Department of Applied Social Sciences, Faculty of Organization and Management, Silesian University of Technology, 26-28 Roosevelt St., 41-800 Zabrze, Poland)

  • Łukasz Rąb

    (Department of Philosophy of Morality and Global Ethics, Maria Grzegorzewska University, 02-353 Warsaw, Poland)

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly influenced the work world. One of the most visible impacts on employee lifecycles is the phenomenon called the great resignation, a massive wave of workers quitting across industries that began in 2021, after easing of the first pandemic restrictions. As this process is quite recent, there is a research gap in the field which has pushed the authors to examine this topic in more detail. The authors set the following research hypothesis: The great resignation is primarily caused by the ethical, cultural, relational, and personal factors . In order to verify it, the authors conducted original research and analyzed various desk studies. The research was done within a Berlin-based tech startup in the time frame between January 2020 and December 2021. Based on their findings, the authors concluded that the main reasons for employees leaving their workplaces are non-materialistic ones.

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  • Aleksandra Kuzior & Karolina Kettler & Łukasz Rąb, 2022. "Great Resignation—Ethical, Cultural, Relational, and Personal Dimensions of Generation Y and Z Employees’ Engagement," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(11), pages 1-9, June.
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    1. Aleksandra Kuzior & Karolina Kettler & Łukasz Rąb, 2021. "Digitalization of Work and Human Resources Processes as a Way to Create a Sustainable and Ethical Organization," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(1), pages 1-13, December.
    2. Paul Turner, 2020. "Employee Engagement in Contemporary Organizations," Springer Books, Springer, number 978-3-030-36387-1, July.
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    1. Giuseppe Varavallo & Giulia Scarpetti & Filippo Barbera, 2023. "The moral economy of the great resignation," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-12, December.

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