A Sense of Work Community among Millennials in Jakarta

Abstract

Millennials at the workplace are full of uniqueness. In various studies, work spirituality has influenced Millennials’ productivity, creativity, intention to stay, benefit insensitivity, and loyalty toward the organization. The three main components in the spirituality of work are the meaning of work, the sense of community, and the alignment of organizational values. This phenomenological study focuses on the sense of community. As an exploratory study using phenomenological analysis, it was found that a sense of community at work is based on three important factors: feeling solidarity among colleagues, experiencing the meaning of kinship, and having experiences beyond the workspace. Millennials assign a sense of community as one of the main considerations for their intention to stay. This exploratory study suggests some important practical implications for managing and dealing with millennials in the workplace.