Title

Millennials
in the
Workplace:
A
Communicat
ion
Perspective
on
Millennials
Organization
al
Relationship
s and
Performance

Credibility of
author/organiza
tion using an
appositive
rhetorical
situation
w/intended
audience.
Author Karen
Myers is an
associate
professor at UC
Santa Barbara.
She has a PhD
in
Organizational
Communication.
She references
a variety of
sources
including
popular press,
popular
literature, and
empirical
studies.
Although the
literature and
reports may
carry their own
ideas, this
article does not
necessarily
endorse or
agree with
them.

Summary: two,
three meaty
sentences written
objectively.

Does this
voice
agree/disag
ree with
others?

Great quote
with
appropriate
signal
phrase
(see TSIS
pp. 39-40)..

My
Analysis/thoug
hts- can be
more casual.

This article talks

extensively about
how Millennials
operate in a
workplace
environment.
They tend to
prefer group
collaboration and
work, direct
feedback and
personal
relationships with
their superiors,
and they have
great skill with
computer systems
and electronic
communication.
Additionally, it
talks about how
Millennials were
babied by their
parents growing
up and this
influences how
they act in the
workplace as well

This voice
was fairly
unbiased
throughout
the article.
It used
empirical
studies but
also
referenced
popular
opinion. It
did tend to
lean
towards the
view that
Millennials
will succeed
in the
workplace
because
their
characterist
ics work
more as
benefits
than
setbacks.

Myers
expresses
her
conclusion
by saying
Millennials
have
distinctive
characterist
ics that
may make
interacting
with them
different
from with
previous
cohorts, but
each
modern
generation
has arrived
in the
workplace
with its own
unique set
of
qualities.

I found this
article to really
only make a
few crucial
points, it just
went into a lot
of detail and
was repetitive
with them. But
it mainly
talked about
how in the
workplace
Millennials
have different
values than
Gen Xs and
Boomers and
they want to
work
differently.
They prefer
group work as
well as
completely
open
communicatio
n with their

Other

as how they strive

to succeed for
extrinsic desires

Title

Obama
and the
Millennials

(segment)

Credibility of
author/organiza
tion using an
appositive
rhetorical
situation
w/intended
audience.
The producer of
the video, Bill
Moyers, is an
American
journalist and
political
commentator.
He served as
White House
Press Secretary
in the Johnson
administration
from 1965 to
1967.

boss.

Summary: two, three

meaty sentences
written objectively.

Does this
voice
agree/disag
ree with
others?

Great quote
with
appropriate
signal
phrase (see
TSIS pp. 3940)..

My
Analysis/thoug
hts- can be
more casual.

This clip was a little

short, but it talked
about Millennials
starting to enter the
workplace as well as
their possibilities to
succeed financially
in life. He talks
about how
Millennials are
growing into
adulthood during a
negative economic
time. He says that
the economic game
favors the relative
few at the top. He
also talks about how
unemployment

This voice
tends to
have the
negative
perspective
on the
possible
success of
Millennials,
but not
because
they think
their
characterist
ics will drag
them down,
but
because
they were

Moyer indicts
capitalists by
saying As
weve been
reporting in
our series on
winner-takeall politics,
the
Millennials
grew up in
the years
when crony
capitalists
and powerful
officials in
Washington
rewrote the
rules of the

I thought that
this video
segment had a
pessimistic
view on the
success of the
Millennials,
referencing
how they have
high
unemployment
and lots of
student debt.
It mentioned
how
Millennials are
the first
generation
that are likely

Other

among our youngest

adults is almost
twice the national
average.
Additionally,
Millennials are
earning less than
previous generations
and are flooded with
student debt.
Title

Millennials: The Me Me Me
Generation
http://time.com/247/millen
nials-the-me-me-megeneration/

Credibility of
author/organiza
tion using an
appositive
rhetorical
situation
w/intended
audience.
Joel Stein is a
Stanford
graduate who is
an American
journalist who
wrote for the
Los Angeles
Times and is a
regular
contributor to
Time

born into a
time where
the
economy
will be
working
against
them.

economic
game to
favor the
relative few
at the top
over
everyone
else.

Summary: two,
three meaty
sentences
written
objectively.

Does this
voice
agree/disag
ree with
others?

This article is
written with
the voice of
Joel Stein but
he uses a lot of
factual
evidence to
back up what
hes saying.
Basically, he
talks a lot
about how
Millennials are
narcissistic and
so engulfed
with

This voice
tends to
agree with
the older
generation,
that
Millennials
have
numerous
negative
character
traits and
that their
success as
adults could
be iffy. But,

to be less
successful
than their
parents.
Overall the
video just
seemed like it
was very
skeptical.

Great
quote with
appropriat
e signal
phrase
(see TSIS
pp. 3940)..
Stein
concludes
by saying
So, yes,
we have
all that
data about
narcissism
and
laziness
and
entitlemen
t. But a
generation
s
greatness

My
Analysis/thoug
hts- can be
more casual.

Overall, Stein
starts off with
a very
negative
perspective of
Millennials and
he had some
numbers to
back it up. It
was definitely
a strong
opinion that I
hadnt really
seen yet, but,
at the end he
did bring it

Other

themselves
including how
they have such
high selfesteem and
expect
themselves to
do great in life.
However, Stein
talks about
how a large
amount of
Millennials are
growing up to
be all that
fantastic.

Title

The Next
America

Credibility of
author/organiza
tion using an
appositive
rhetorical
situation
w/intended
audience.
Paul Taylor is a
senior fellow
and former
executive vice
president at the
Pew Research
Center. The Pew

he does
talk about
the positive
attributes
of
Millennials
and does
have some
hope.

isnt
determine
d by data;
its
determine
d by how
they react
to the
challenges
that befall
them. And,
just as
important,
by how we
react to
them.

Summary:
two, three
meaty
sentences
written
objectively.

Does this
voice
agree/disag
ree with
others?

Great quote
with
appropriate
signal
phrase
(see TSIS
pp. 39-40)..

My
Analysis/thoug
hts- can be
more casual.

From what
Ive read of
the book so
far, it is
fairly
unbiased. It
simply talks

This voice
doesnt
really have
an opinion
but it talks
about the
ideas of

The Next
America
exclaims
generation
gaps have
opened up
in our

I like this book

because it
goes really in
depth with all
aspects of
Millennials

back and put

Millennials in a
positive and
had hope for
them.

Other

Title

Generation
s Change
How
Spending
is Trending

Research Center
is a nonpartisan
American fact
tank which is
based in
Washingotn,
D.C.

about the
stereotypes
surrounding
Millennials
and it also
gives
factual
evidence.
They say
that
Millennials
are
narcissistic
and have
high selfesteems

Millennials
and the
facts
behind
them.

political and
social
values, our
economic
well-being,
our family
structures,
our racial
and ethnic
identities,
our gender
norms, our
religious
affiliations,
and our
technology
use.

Credibility of
author/organiza
tion using an
appositive
rhetorical
situation
w/intended
audience.
Morgan Stanley
is an American
multinational
financial
services
corporation. The
Atlantic is a

Summary: two,
three meaty
sentences written
objectively.

Does this
voice
agree/disag
ree with
others?

Great quote
with
appropriate
signal
phrase
(see TSIS
pp. 39-40)..

My
Analysis/thoug
hts- can be
more casual.

This article focuses

on how Millennials
are spending their
money and how
the economy is
going to be
affected by the

This voice
neither
agrees or
disagrees
with
whether or
not

The Atlantic
explains
As
Millennials
enter their
peak
consumptio

Although this
article was
short and
didnt provide
much to the
argument
about whether

Other

Title

credible paper
backed by
educated
writers and
credible
sources.

Millennials coming
to age. Millennials
are facing
significantly higher
student debt than
the generation
before them and
encountering a
more challenging
job market.
Millennials have
been spending
more on housing,
but more so on
renting. The article
also talks about
how the economy
will change once
Millennials become
the spending
drivers.

Credibility of

Summary:

Millennials
will
succeed,
but it gives
insight into
how the
Millennials
are
spending
the bulk of
their money
and how
the future
economy
will be
affected by
them
spending
the most
amount of
money.

Does this

n years and
Baby
Boomers
live longer,
the two
groups will
provide a
doublebarreled
boost to
consumptio
n, bringing
with them
increased
U.S. GDP

Great quote

My

or not
Millennials will
succeed, it
gave a lot of
insight into the
financial
status of
Millennials and
how they will
spend money
and how they
will greatly
affect the
economy. With
this
information it
helps readers
come to their
own
conclusion on
if Millennials
can succeed
like the
generation
before them.

Other

4 Reasons
Millennials
Will
Succeed

author/organiza
tion using an
appositive
rhetorical
situation
w/intended
audience.
Kevin Daum is
an author,
columnist,
entrepreneurshi
p coach,
marketer, and
speaker. He
writes for
Inc.com and his
columns have
appeared in the
Huffington Post.

two, three
meaty
sentences
written
objectively.

voice
agree/disag
ree with
others?

with
appropriate
signal
phrase
(see TSIS
pp. 39-40)..

Analysis/thoug
hts- can be
more casual.

This is a brief
article that
gives a few
viewpoints
that support
why
Millennials will
succeed. They
say they
focus on
process, they
commit, they
think
unconvention
ally, and they
can adapt
quickly

This voice
disagrees
with the
voices that
bash
Millennials
and claim
that they
will not
succeed.
They are
supporting
Millennials
and talking
about their
qualities
that will
lead them
to succeed

Marla
Tabaka
expresses
They are
extraordinar
ily
innovative
and
problemsolve in the
most
unique
ways

I liked this
article
because it was
nice to read
from authors
who talk
positively
about
Millennials
instead of
focusing on
their poor
qualities.
However, it
was
interesting
because it
seems like a
couple of the
qualities this
article
mentions are
mentioned in
other articles
as attributes
that
Millennials
dont have.

Title

How to
Succeed as
Millennials
Without
Really
Trying

Credibility of
author/organiza
tion using an
appositive
rhetorical
situation
w/intended
audience.
The Atlantic is
publisher that
covers news
and analysis on
politics,
business,
technology,
national, and
international
life.

Summary: two,
three meaty
sentences
written
objectively.

Does this
voice
agree/disag
ree with
others?

Great quote
with
appropriate
signal
phrase
(see TSIS
pp. 39-40)..

My
Analysis/thoug
hts- can be
more casual.

This article
talks about
how to
succeed as a
Millennial
without really
doing much
yourself. It
puts the
success of the
Millennial in
the hands of
their parents.
Basically, if the
parents are
rich then the
child will be
rich. The
Millennial will
leave college
debt free and
if theyre even
luckier, their
parents will
pay for a down
payment on a
house, helping
the Millennial

This article
doesnt talk
about the
qualities of
Millennials
and
whether or
not theyll
lead them
to succeed
but instead
it
concentrate
s on how
Millennials
can
succeed
with the
help of their
parents.

The Atlantic
explains
the study
calls this a
funnel of
privilege:
young
adults with
rich parents
soon
become
rich
themselves

Since my
inquiry focuses
on the
question of if
Millennials will
succeed, this
article was
interesting
because it put
their success
in the hands of
their parents,
as opposed to
other sources
who strictly
talked about
the attributes
of Millennials
that can lead
them to either
succeed or fail

Other

significantly