GENERATION DIFFERENCES IN WORKPLACE DIVERSITY

WHAT ARE GEN DIFF

-A GRP OF PPL BORN AROUND THE SAME TIME.
-ALL OF THE POEPLE LIVING AT THE SAME TIME, REGARDED COLLECTIVELLY

GEN GA DEF-
A GEN GAP IS THE GAP OF OPINIONS AMONG THE GENERATIONS

TRADITIONALIST- 1925-1945
OLDEST WORKFORCE TODAY mATURES/ VETERANS WORK HARD,DEDICATED, INFO THROUGH LETTER ,
COMMUNICATE THRU PHONE /WRITTEHN WORDS
GREW UP DURING THE WW2 GREAT DEPRESSION, WEALTHIEST GEN.

CHARACTERISTICS
BASED ON EXPERIENCES ON THE DEPRESSION, WASTE NOT WANT NOT , CONFORMITY,
TRADITIONAL FAMILY VALUES, PATRIOTIC, PATIENT, TEAM PLAYERS.

AT WORk: LOYAL TO EMPLOYEED, SUPERB INTERPERSONAL SKILLS, FLEXIBLE ARRANGEMENTS,

BELEIVE IN PROMOTIONS

BABBY BOOMERS
1946-1964 ARE REACHING RETIREMENT AGE
GREW UP THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND THE COLD WAR. CREATED THE TERM WORKAHOLIC.
SOMETIMES CALLED AS EMPTY NESTERS.

cHARACTERISTICS- EXPEREMENTAL, SOCAIL CAUSE ORIENTES, MATERIALISTIC

AT WORK: ETHIS IS MEASURE IN HOUORS WORKED, RELATIONSHIP BUILDNG, EXPECT LOYALTY
THOSE THEY WORK WITH

GEN X
1965-176
APPROACHING THEIR MIDDLE OF THEIR CAREERS. THEY ARE WORSE OF IN PREPARING FOR THEIR
RETIREMENT
"SLACKESRS"
X DESCRIBE THE LACK OF IDENTITY, NOT SURE
THEY EXPERIENCE THE MOST DIVORCE

CHARACTERISTICS:
INDEPENDENT,VERY SEL-RELIANT,ENTREPRENEURIAL, REJECT RULES, MISTRUST INSTITUTIONS,
LATCHKEY-KIDS, VALUE FAMILY TIME

AT WORK: CASUAL FRIENDLY WORK ENVIRONMENT, VALUE CONTROL OF THEIR TIME, A PLACE TO
LEARN, WORK

GEN Y/ MILLENIALS
"NEXTERS" 1977-1995 CHILDREN OF BABY BOOMERS , YOUNGEST GEN I THE WORK FORCE.
GREW UP W/ TECH AKA ENTITLEMENT GEN
SECOND LARGEST TO BE ENTERING THE WORKFORCE UNDER THE BOOMERS

CHARACTERISTICS: AMBITIOUS YET CLUELESS, OPTIMISTICS, CULTURALLY AND RACIALLY

TOLERANT, INSTANT GRATIFICATION, BUSY, INFORMALL, SHORT ATTENTION SPAN.
AT WORK: WANT TO BE CLOSE TO THEIR PEERS, WANT POSITIVE REINFORCEMETN FOR THIER
BOSS. WANT GUIDANCE FROM BOSS, WORK TO LIVE RATHER THAN LIVE TO WORK.

GEN Z AKA IGEB/CCENTENNIALS 1996

AKA KNOWN AS GEN M, NET GEN
CHILDREN OF GEN X
AT WORK

WHAT PROBLEMS STEM FROM GEN DIVERSITY

-RISK CONFLICTS
-LACK MUTUAL UNDERSSTANDING
-DIFFERENT WORKING STYLES
-COMMUNICATION GAPS

BENEFITS:
-LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
-MENTORING(USUASLLY MENTORED Y BABY BOOMERS)