Approach to work and professional career among representatives of generations X and Y − similarities and differences

Nowadays managers are facing a great challenge, the issue of reconciling different generations of employees who exist together. The aim of the paper is to present the basic differences in attitude towards work and professional career representatives of generations X and Y. The study discusses author`s survey research concerning an opinion of employees in Lower Silesia companies, as the representatives of generation X and students on the fifth year of UE in Wrocław – the representatives of generation Y, and also the results of research of other authors referring to this issue. The paper is based on literature studies, survey and personal interviews