Master Degree's Obsession in Indonesia: The Difference of Interpersonal Communication between X Generation and Y Generation

摘要

Nowadays, having master degree in Indonesia is a new kind of lifestyle. For some reasons are to earn it such as to enrich their knowledge, in order to bureaucracy interest, or just for pride/social status. These reasons cause many people from all age level go to college as soon as possible including X and Y Generation. X Generation (1965-1980) main characteristic is sceptical who assumed working as a problem; and Y Generation (1981-1995) main characteristic is realistic who focused on achieve the outstanding working result with good ethics in it. The difference between X and Y Generation become a problem while being student in one class. There is a study orientation gap from both generation which affect the interpersonal communication. Later, this gap affect the study quality because of the unsolve of interpersonal communication.