The relationsip between work mentality and cultural values of generations

People increasingly have multicultural identities and perceptions. Geert Hofstede (1980) created a cultural taxonomy to examine how cultures differ. This studies on work-related cultural dimensions is evaluate as a paradigm in the field of intercultural studies. Hofstede developed a five-dimensional cultural values scale in order to determine the cultural values at the social level. Yoo, Donthu and Lenartowicz (2011) adapted this scale as the Scale of Individual Cultural Values in order to determine its individual level measurement. The purpose of this research is to adapt the Individual Cultural Values Scale to Turkish, the relationship between cultural values and understanding of work mentality, the effect of cultural values on the understanding of work mentality, and to investigate this effect in between generations. In this research, the data were collected using the survey method. The questionnaire form contains three sections to measure Cultural Values İnventory and Work Mentality İnventory besides a question form to determine the demographic structure of the sample. The data of the research was applied to public employees in medical, administrative and financial services in 3 Education and Research Hospitals in İzmir, between 2017-2018. The research was carried out in two stages. In the first stage, the validity and reliability of the Cultural Values Scale were tested. In the second stage, the relationship between Generations' Work Mentality and Cultural Values Scale was investigated. Data was collected and analyzed from 125 employees for scale reliability and validity study. The total scale Cronbach alpha value obtained from the reliability analysis of the scale was found to be 0.804. As a result of exploratory factor analysis, KMO test was %80,4 and 5 items explained 62% of the total variances. In the second stage of the research, data were collected from 1445 employees. As a result of the exploratory factor analysis conducted for the culture values scale, KMO = 0.843; χ2(325) =21618.217, five factors explain 59.79% of the total variance and the total scale Cronbach alpha value was found to be 0.814. As a result of confirmatory factor analysis, it was determined that the 26 items forming the scale and five sub-dimensions were related to the scale structure and it has been seen as χ2/df: 4.892, GFI: 0.928, CFI: 0.948, NFI: 0.936, RMSEA: 0.052, SRMR: 0.049 and AGFI: 0.911. In the exploratory factor analysis conducted for Work Mentality Scale, as a result of the regulations, 26 items remained in the scale and it was determined that the scale had 4 sub-dimensions. The KMO value was 0.897, χ2 (325) = 9226.790, and the total scale Cronbach alpha value was 0.708. Status oriented work mentality dimension in the scale is out of analysis. According to the result of the confirmatory factor analysis made to the dimensions of work mentality; It was found to be χ2 / df: 4.930, GFI: 0.928, CFI: 0.873, NFI: 0.846, RMSEA: 0.052, and it was found that accepted values were provided for fit indices. According to the results of the research, culture value has a statistically significant and positive effect on the work mentality and this effect was also significant in between generations. This effect was most in the Baby Boomer generation. There was no statistically significant difference between the scores of culture value scale's dimensions and work mentality scale's dimensions in between generations.