Retention of generation Y employee: a case study of "foreign language institution X"

Abstract

It has been well known these days that generation Y employees are not those who are easy to be retained in the company. As the management of today, it is important that they need to understand in deep on their motivations and factors on how to keep generation Y engaged in their work and stay in the company. This thematic paper will provide the information and reaseach study on how to retain the generation Y employees with the case study of Foreign Language Institution X, starting with the literature review with the later usage of qualitative methodology research to be summarized into the interesting findings. The results implied that for generation Y, there are many aspects they need from their employers in order for them to be engaged in their job. With the right approach, generation Y will be the valuable assets to the company at last. KEY WORDS: Generation Y / Motivation / Engagement / Retention / Management