o:2587 EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ON THE IMPACT OF EMPLOYEES' AGE GROUPS ON THE PERCEPTION OF A PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACT en The values and needs of individuals of different generations are created in various social, market and political conditions. As confirmed by numerous studies, this reflected on their perception of the mutual relationship with the employer. The research aims to identify generational differences in the perception of the psychological contract among employees in educational institutions within Leskovac and Vlasotince. The dependence and the degree of agreement between the observed phenomena were examined using the descriptive, comparison, and the sample methods, the χ2 test and the correlation coefficient. The survey contains questions that are adjustments to the questionnaire that Denise M. Rousseau used in her research. Twelve hypotheses were defined, the research results and the conclusions that arise from them are presented in this paper. Understanding the generational differences in the content of the psychological contract can help increase work productivity and employee motivation, the degree of innovation, as well as corporate social responsibility. This paper can be useful to experts in human resource management and all interested parties who want to get acquainted with this topic. 12th International scientific conference Science and Higher Education in Function of Sustainable Development – SED 2021 1552100 978-86-82078-11-1 2024-07-11T13:51:59.645Z 44 yes 46 Kristina Spasić University of Niš, Faculty of Economics 2021 46 Ana Milijić Innovation Center, University of Niš 0000-0002-7844-5398 application/pdf 291838 https://phaidrani.ni.ac.rs/o:2587 no yes 18 70 1556237 18A15