Keeping Millennials in the Public Sector: Comparing Turnover Intentions of Millennial and Older Generation Civil Servants.

This study examines and compares how the perceptions of individual- and organization-level work environments relate to millennial and older generation civil servants' turnover intention, using the 2021 survey of South Korean government employees. Both split-sample OLS and moderated multiple regressi...

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Publicado en:Public Personnel Management Vol. 55; no. 1; pp. 3 - 38
Autores principales: Lee, Young-joo, Hwang, Hyunseok, Lim, Sungdae, Yoon, Taewon
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. Mar2026
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          Lee, Young-joo
          Hwang, Hyunseok
          Lim, Sungdae
          Yoon, Taewon
        affil: Indiana University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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          Generation Y
          Personnel Turnover
          Intention
          Government Agencies South Korea
          Organizational Culture
          Job Satisfaction
          Salaries and Fringe Benefits
          Public Sector
          Human
          Multiple Regression
          Work Environment
          Personnel Retention
          Age Factors
          Sex Factors
          Cross Sectional Studies
          South Korea
          Quantitative Studies
      ab: This study examines and compares how the perceptions of individual- and organization-level work environments relate to millennial and older generation civil servants' turnover intention, using the 2021 survey of South Korean government employees. Both split-sample OLS and moderated multiple regression models were estimated, and the findings reveal significant differences between the two generational groups. Most of all, perceived pay competitiveness, task meaningfulness, and innovative organizational culture are more strongly related to turnover intentions among millennial civil servants than among their predecessors. The findings suggest that addressing millennial civil servants' retention should take a distinctive approach from the traditional public sector retention strategies. This study presents policy recommendations for government human resources management.
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