Effect Of Generation Y Motivators On Generation Y Organizational Commitment: A Case Study Of Nakuru County Government Headquarters

The purpose of this study was to examine generation Y motivators (work relation, work life balance and technology support) and how they affect their organizational commitment. The objectives guiding the study were; to assess the effect of workplace relationship on commitment of generation Y employees, to examine the effect of work life balance on commitment of generation Y employees and to analyze the effect of technology support on commitment of generation Y employees. A cross-sectional survey research design was adopted. The target population comprised all the 97 generation Y employees, currently working at the Nakuru County Government Headquarters. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data which was analyzed using descriptivestatistics (mainly frequency, percentages and chi square). Pearson’s Correlation was used to show the direction and the strength of the relationship between generation Y motivators and their commitment to the organization while regression analysis was used to determine to what degree the independent variables (work life balance, workplace relationship and technology support) explained a change in organizational commitment. Findings of the study were presented in tables. Results showed that when all variables (workplace relation, work life balance and technology support) are combined it can explain approximately 14.2% of the variations in generation Y employees’ commitment in Nakuru County Government Headquarters.