TY - JOUR ID - 102808 TI - Influencing and Affectability of Millennial Employees' Work Preferences in Governmental Organizations Using Dematel Approach JO - Public Administration Perspective JA - JPAP LA - en SN - 2251-6069 AU - Rastgar, Abbas Ali AU - vishalghi, mahdieh AU - Fathang fallah, HAMIDEH AD - Faculty member of Semnan University - Public Administration, Organizational Behavior Management AD - Ph.D Candidate, Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Semnan University AD - Phd candidate in Human Resources Management, Department of Public Administration. Faculty of Economics, Management and Administrative Sciences, Semnan University Y1 - 2022 PY - 2022 VL - 13 IS - 3 SP - 143 EP - 166 KW - Millennial Generation Employees KW - Job Preferences KW - government organizations KW - Dematel Approach DO - 10.52547/jpap.2022.225881.1159 N2 - Purpose: The aim of this study is to identify and prioritize the impact and affectability of the work preferences of millennial employees in governmental organizations in West Azerbaijan province. This research is applied in terms of purpose.Design/Methodology/Approach: This research in terms of typology of research is among the studies mixed with qualitative and quantitative approach in the deductive-inductive paradigm. In the qualitative part, the qualitative content analysis method and in the quantitative part, the Dematel method has been used to examine the factors. The statistical population of this study in the qualitative part was management professors that according to the purpose of the study, sampling was done purposefully using the snowball technique and 17 people were choosed. The statistical population of this study in quantitative part was a small number of middle and senior managers of governmental organizations in West Azerbaijan province who participated by using the probabilistic sampling method available to 34 managers. In the qualitative part, the data obtained from the interviews led to the extraction of 14 factors of work preferences related to millennial employees.Research Findings: According to Dematel analysis, concluding unconventional employment contracts, diversity of work and compensation of merit-based services are the most effective and job security, promotion and being in a career-oriented career path are the most influential among preferences, and factors of job and employee suitability, unconventional contracts and strategic interactions are the most important work preferences of millennial employees.Limitations & Consequences: Impossibility of generalizability of research results to all communities, use of interview tools and questionnaires to assess the level of honesty of participants in answering questions are among the limitations of current research.Practical Consequences: Millennial employees have special preferences and expectations Which differs from other generations that will continue to operate in the organization if realized, so identifying and evaluating the impact and affectability of millennial employees' work expectations lead to attracting and maintaining worthy employees of the millennial generation in organizations.Innovation or value of the Article: The results of research in the field of work preferences of millennial employees have innovations and will help managers of governmental organizations to understand the importance of employees' work preferences.Paper Type: Research Article UR - https://jpap.sbu.ac.ir/article_102808.html L1 - https://jpap.sbu.ac.ir/article_102808_1f30c5c9d550438089905a909ffebd80.pdf ER -