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Hidden Diversity: Generational Perceptions of Workplace Values in the Profession of Education
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DeBaene, Matthew David – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this qualitative study was to gain a better understanding of generational diversity and associated values in the profession of education. In order to achieve this overall objective, the following overarching research question framed this qualitative study: In the profession of education, what are the different generations' workplace…
Descriptors: Work Environment, Qualitative Research, Values, Age Differences
Workplace Engagement and Generational Differences in Values
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Schullery, Nancy M. – Business Communication Quarterly, 2013
This article summarizes literature on workplace engagement, an issue that affects organizations' financial results and individuals' personal lives. The newest of the four generations in the workplace, Millennials, were recently shown to have different values than the other two prevalent generations. Surveys taken by 16,000 high school seniors of…
Descriptors: Generational Differences, Work Attitudes, Values, Age Differences
Work Values across Generations
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Hansen, Jo-Ida C.; Leuty, Melanie E. – Journal of Career Assessment, 2012
Mainstream publication discussions of differences in generational cohorts in the workplace suggest that individuals of more recent generations, such as Generation X and Y, have different work values than do individuals of the Silent and Baby Boom generations. Although extant research suggests that age may influence work values, few of the…
Descriptors: Work Ethic, Generational Differences, Cohort Analysis, Vocational Education
Stability and Change in Work Values: A Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies
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Jin, Jing; Rounds, James – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2012
A meta-analysis of longitudinal studies was conducted to investigate stability and change in work values across the life span. Both rank-order stability and mean-level change were investigated using an integrative classification for intrinsic, extrinsic, social and status work values (Ross, Schwartz, & Surkis, 1999). Results of rank-order…
Descriptors: Work Attitudes, Values, Attitude Change, Individual Differences
An Analysis of the Angry Youth and Spoofing Phenomena in the Context of Building a Harmonious Society
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Bo, Lu – Chinese Education and Society, 2011
This article specifically analyzes the negative impact exerted by angry youth and spoofers on the construction of a harmonious society from four aspects: the way these intensify social contradictions, affect the social mentality, undermine mainstream values, and interfere with freedom of speech. It purports that importance must be attached to the…
Descriptors: Freedom of Speech, Young Adults, Age Differences, Generational Differences
Millennials: Confident. Connected. Open to Change
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Taylor, Paul, Ed.; Keeter, Scott, Ed. – Pew Research Center, 2010
This report represents the Pew Research Center's most ambitious examination to date of America's newest generation, the Millennials, many of whom have now crossed into adulthood. Pew Research Center began looking at this age group in 2006 in a comprehensive survey conducted in association with the PBS documentary series, "Generation…
Descriptors: Generational Differences, Values, Attitudes, Behavior