Generational Stereotypes

From these keys points, I noticed that between Gen Y and older generations, there are some differences in the characteristics that could be attributed to factors such as their attitudes and professional values other than generational belonging. It is important to find the ways to break the stereotypes because managing the mixture of ages, faces, values and views is an easy task. Since the differences and generational stereotypes are known to exist, there is no need to overstate them in the workplace but focus to eliminate them.
Managers can use statistics to study the employees ‘behaviors from different generations to understand their attitude towards work. The use of statistics can allow the manager to understand the employee’s attitude and position he has been occupied in a short term past such as: the number of jobs or positions of responsibility, the employees length of employment (has he been fired by an employer – is he willing to do overtime?). The managers have to be careful to not taking into account the generation’s characteristics previously cited in the document as a universal truth because the criteria vary among individuals of the same generation. One would describe baby boomers as having …show more content…
In fact, all generations are already conflicting because of their differences in the ways of doing things and their way of life and lifestyle are very different. I can cite an example that boomers and Gen Y seem to be the most difficult to get along and work together as the baby boomers describe Gen Y as a generation that lacks discipline, respect and want effecting change and making an impact, they express themselves rather than defining themselves through work. All these criteria are the values on which the Boomers base their lives and the Gen Y characteristics are contrary to their