The chief aim of the current study is to explore the viable distinction in the dedication levels between the employees of Generation X (GenX) and Generation Y (GenY) in the rapidly changing work environment especially in the century of twenty-first. In addition, the study focuses on examining the strength and direction of association between the two age groups with regards to their dedication towards firm. Hence the study was carried out with 384 employees in five Textile industries in Madhya Pradesh, India through cross-sectional quantitative research method. The study findings show that the employees of GenY had an increased normative dedication (ND) than the employees of GenX. However, employees of GenX had an increased continuance dedication (CD) than the employees of GenY to organization. In addition, the study revealed that there is no significant difference in affective dedication (AD) between younger and older generation people. The present study gives contribution to the generation gap theory with regards to organizational dedication (OD) and gives new ideas for future researchers in the same field. © 2018, All rights reserved. Trademill Technologies Private Limited.

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