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Source: Accounting Office Management & Administration Report
The following table was reproduced, with permission from Institute of Management & Administration.
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Four Generations Share Today’s Workplace |
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Workers |
Characteristics |
Assets |
Challenges |
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Veteran
(born 1920-1943) |
Hard times
No nonsense
Respect authority
Traditional values, roles |
Stable
Loyal
Detailed
Hard workers |
Change
Conflict
Technology |
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Boomer
(born 1944-1960) |
Optimistic
Driven
Pampered |
Team players
Relationship builders
Service-oriented
Whatever it takes |
Judgmental
Self-centered
Maintaining budgets
Don’t like conflict |
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Gen Xer
(born 1961-1979) |
Cynical
Independent
Changes in family, work |
Adaptable
Creative
Entrepreneurial
Technology fluent |
Impatient
Critical
Less loyal
Independent action |
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Millenials
(born 1980-2000) |
Confident
Sociable
Pampered
Tech gurus |
Realists
Multitaskers
Meaningful work
Work/life balance |
Need structure
Quarter-life crisis |
From Accounting Office Management & Administration Report, May 2006, p. 4. For subscription information contact Institute of Management & Administration, Inc., 3 Park Avenue, 30th Floor, New York, NY 10016-5902. One-year subscription $349. 212-244-0360, [email protected].
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