Evaluation of the effect of learned helplessness in business life on work alienation in terms of different generations: A study with X Y Z generations

This research has been prepared to measure the effect of learned helplessness experienced in business life on alienation from work, and whether this effect differs in X, Y, and Z generations, whose intensity is active in business life. The concepts of the research, which are learned helplessness, alienation from work, and generations, were used in the creation of the literature review method. While conducting the field study of the research, the questionnaire method, which is one of the quantitative research methods, was used. The questionnaires created were applied to individuals working in textile and electrical companies operating in Istanbul. the data collected in the study, in which 325 people participated, were analyzed in the SPSS 22 program and the findings were revealed. In line with these findings; It has been determined that learned helplessness has an effect on job alienation and that generation X experiences this effect more than generations Y and Z.