Surveying influence of cultural variences on affects regarding intergenerational conflicts in organisations: A survey aimed at academicians

Social, economic, politic and technologic recoveries caused changes in present structures of the culture of the societies. Behaviors of the generations born in different periods of time has been differentiated due to respective facts and brought conflicts along with it. Conflicts experienced by generations in social structure also made itself evident during the generations? performances in organizations. Accomplishment of the present functions of universities which are evaluated among said organizations is possible by well comprehension of the academicians between themselves and affective management of presently experienced conflicts.Within this study, conflicts of the academicians partaking in different generation categories and functioning in universities has been tried to be determined whether or not they experienced conflicts between themselves or also with other generations. If conflicts were experienced, it is also examined that if said conflicts originated from relations, duties and processes. Additionally, relations of intergenerational conflicts with changes in cultural dimensions are analysed. In the survey; the relation between the avoidance of variables measuring the cultural dimensions and uncertainty, power distance, collectivism I, collectivism II, assertiveness, gender segregation, being orientation for future and performance, differentiations in humanistic approach and intergenerational conflicts are searched.Data are collected over the web sites by survey method, face to face meeting and via fax and 578 applicable interview results have been provided. The advantages of structural equation modeling, unidirectional variance analyses, Tukey HSD test, independent double sampling test and Chi-Square analyses are utilized. As a result of the analyses made; it is reached to a finding that the academicians rarely experienced conflicts both with their generation and older or younger generations. Dependency of the conflicts experienced by the generations are explored due to relations, assignment and process conflicts and most intense felt conflict type has been expressed as assignment conflict. Collectivism II, performance orientation, future orientation and relations of human affair dimensions and relation of intergenerational conflicts has been found in reverse direction where the relation of intergenerational conflicts with gender apartheid and power distance dimensions were in positive direction.Key words: Generation, Culture, Organizational Culture, Conflict, Intergenerational Conflict