Demographic-economic paradox

like authority figures. They don’t like being told what to do (Milligan, 2014, p.25).” As the saying goes they essentially “work to live not live to work”. Millennials or Generation Y were born from the early 1980’s to the early 2000’s. They are known for being the most tech-savvy out of all the generations. They are confrontational when it comes to authority. According to Meister & Willyerd, millennials are not willing to sacrifice their personal lives for their work lives. They view work as an…

The Millennial Generation In “The New Greatest Generation,” Joel Stein discusses how our generation is and will affect our future. There are three commonly known generation types such as, Baby Boomers born “between” 1946-1964, Generation X born “between” 1960-1980, and Millennials born “between” 1980-2000. Today’s kids are considered millennial born in an era that cell phones, tablets, and computers are used on a daily basis and seems to be the only way some people communicate with others. A…

Who are the millennials? Are they who people said they are? Millenial by definition is a generation that come after generation X, which got named generation Y. They are born from the early 1980s to the 2000 (Bradley). Many people also prefer them by the me, me, me generation because they are selfish and self center. Despite they are selfish and self center, they are unique. They take chances that the older generation wouldn’t dare to take. Put themselves out there to see everything and to learn…

Millennials, Gen Xers, Baby Boomers, the Silent Generation, and the Greatest Generation; groups of people divided not only by the time period in which they were born, but the cultural, social, political, and economic standpoints by which they live. The so-called “Greatest Generation” is made up of those born between 1901 and 1924, followed by the Silent Generation, born from 1925 to 1945. The second largest generation is the Baby Boomer Generation, who were born between 1946 and 1964, and became…

When a person enters the work force, they are introduced to a variety of coworker. These coworkers may come from different races and ethnicities or they may have different attitudes, expectations, habits and different forms of motivation then there fellow coworkers. Differences such as these among employees can cause issues and dysfunction amongst the work place, and with a new generation preparing to enter the workforce, business leaders, employees, and job candidates need to adapt new styles…

I have grown up in a country and time where progress has been definitive. It has been in the time that my feet imprinted this earth and my lungs breathed this air that the Supreme Court has passed a bill for marriage equality and in the last eight years my nation has elected the first man of color to lead our democracy. It is that man who has helped to cut carbon emissions while making true strides for equality. Equality is not found in the darkness of segregated spaces or within the confines…

influence individual investor behavior. The main focus of the study is on the demographic factors that affect…

Xinman Dou’s study perceived family functioning and depression in bereaved parents 18 months after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, which are important issues for many post-disaster recovery programs. The study pointed out the gender, age, being divorced or widowed, being directly exposed to the death of their kids, not having a new baby and disoriented family functioning are significant causes of severe depression. The study used the multistage stratified sampling method to choose bereaved…

I enjoyed reading your post! I think you found a great article to write about. I agree that understanding the values between the generations is very important. Its helps to motivate workers to work better and keeps workplace united, instead separated in a small groups. Also, since generations got a different life positions its brings a diversity to the workplace. And as we talked before, diversity helps our workplaces to progress and develop. Its very important for new generation managers and…

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…