Comparison of Working Values and Behavioral Characteristics of Net Generation and Previous Generation Teachers: An Approach to Educational Administrators

The aim of this study was to compare the work values and behavioral characteristics of the net generation teachers with the previous generation in the Secondary school of Shiraz. The research method was descriptive and survey type. The statistical population included all secondary school teachers in Shiraz that among them, 320 teachers were selected by simple random sampling method. The data collection tools of this research are Net Generation Profile Scale (Barak, 2010) and work values Net Generation (Garrosy et al., 2013). After calculating their validity with item analysis and reliability with Cronbach's alpha coefficient, the scale were distributed among the samples and the data were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency, mean and inferential statistics such as independent T test, single sample t-test and repeated measures analysis of variance. The findings showed that there is a significant difference between the behavioral characteristics of the net generation and the previous generation of teachers. In addition, there is a significant difference between their work values. So that in the each dimensions of the work centrality, the non-compliance with the norms of the organization, the balance between work and life, leadership and power, the highest mean belonged to the net generation and in the dimension of the challenge with the technology the highest mean belonging to the previous generation. Also, the results showed that there is a significant difference between work values in each generation.