Academic literature on the topic 'Conflict of generations'

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2009.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-76).<br>The current American workplace is made up of members of four distinct generations: "Veterans" (born between 1922-1943), "Boomers" (born between 1943-1960), "Generation X" (born between 1960 - 1980), and "Generation Y" (born between 1980 and 2000). Members of each generation bring to the workplace very distinct assumptions regarding technology, expertise, and rewards. This thesis explores the nature of differences in assumptions across all four generations. It takes the two most relevant to the current work environment, Boomers and Generation Y, and analyzes how their different approaches to technology, expertise and rewards cause conflict in the workplace. After conducting a literature review on conflict and change management at work, I propose a process for preventing and mitigating generational conflict at work.<br>by Ernesto Vazquez.<br>S.M.

Four generations of workers share the workforce for the first time in history. Business leaders' failure to address generational conflict may lead to low productivity, high turnover rates, employee frustration, and reduced profits. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the experiences of business leaders, managers, and supervisors in leading a multigenerational workforce within their companies. The conceptual framework was based on McClelland's theory, identifying key motivators that drive characteristics of people, including affiliation. A purposive sample of 20 local employees, spanning 4 generations from the retail grocery industry in Hampton Roads, Virginia, were interviewed to explore general characteristics, attitudes, values, and behaviors at work. Transcribed interview data were divided into categories to find shared phenomenon and identify themes based on the participants' perceptions. The findings were categorized and coded, patterns were established, and themes were generated to answer the central research question. Trustworthiness of the interpretations was achieved through member checking. The findings from this study revealed that the employees perceived that business leaders, managers, and supervisors lacked sufficient knowledge to successfully communicate with their employees or peers from different generations in the workplace. The employees perceived that those communication failures and lack of interaction between the different generations generated conflict. The implications for positive social change include the potential to bridge the gap between younger and older workers and minimize conflict resulting from miscommunication among the different age groups.

Thesis (Ed. D)--College of Saint Mary -- Omaha, 2009.<br>A dissertation submitted by Theresa Delahoyde, MSN, RN to College of Saint Mary in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor in Education with an emphasis on health professions education. This dissertation has been accepted for the faculty of College of Saint Mary by: Peggy Hawkins, PhD, RN, BC, CNE - chair ; Patricia Morin, PhD, RN - committee member ; Christine Hutchinson, JD - committee member. Includes bibliographical references.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-14T16:52:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2015-01-26Bitstream added on 2015-05-14T16:59:42Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000823004.pdf: 655667 bytes, checksum: ef93512c50b6acdd1e833d0348c4cee3 (MD5)<br>A pesquisa compara duas diferentes gerações de trabalhadores bancários: os antigos bancários - mais de 50 anos de idade, oriundos do centro-oeste paulista, aposentados ou demitidos, sem curso superior - e os jovens bancários - menos de 30 anos de idade, nascidos no meio urbano, com curso superior. As duas gerações foram escolhidas por representarem dois diferentes contextos do modo de produção capitalista, assim sendo, dois diferentes contextos no interior do Banco, o que possibilita investigar as transformações que aconteceram no mundo do trabalho nos últimos trinta anos que além de aumentar o número de trabalhadores bancários adoecidos alterou a forma de ser do trabalhador para atender as novas demandas do capital. Parte-se de duas hipóteses: que há uma causalidade entre o adoecimento desses trabalhadores e um conflito de gerações no interior do banco; esse conflito é alimentado pelos gestores do banco que nele investe através da técnica de dominação definida como assédio moral. Há uma proposta diferenciada de enxergar os antigos bancários e os jovens bancários, alterando a forma de compreensão das categorias: flexível e rígido; qualificado e não-qualificado.<br>The research compares two different generations of banking employees: Banking old - over 50 years old, coming from the center-west of São Paulo, retired or dismissed, without a college degree - and the young bank - less than 30 years old born in urban areas, most college graduates. The two families were chosen because they represent two different contexts of the capitalist mode of production, therefore, two different contexts of Banco, which allows to investigate the changes that have happened in the world of work over the last thirty years, in addition to increasing the number of workers diseased banking has changed the way of being of the worker to meet the new demands of capital. Start from two assumptions: that there is a causal link between the disease and these workers a generation gap within the bank; this conflict is fueled by bank managers who invest in it through the technique of domination defined as bullying. Propose a different way of seeing the old and the young bank, changing the way of understanding the categories: flexible and rigid; qualified and non-qualified.

Orientador: Fábio Kazuo Ocada<br>Banca: Fátima Aparecida Cabral<br>Banca: Valquíria Padilha<br>Resumo: A pesquisa compara duas diferentes gerações de trabalhadores bancários: os antigos bancários - mais de 50 anos de idade, oriundos do centro-oeste paulista, aposentados ou demitidos, sem curso superior - e os jovens bancários - menos de 30 anos de idade, nascidos no meio urbano, com curso superior. As duas gerações foram escolhidas por representarem dois diferentes contextos do modo de produção capitalista, assim sendo, dois diferentes contextos no interior do Banco, o que possibilita investigar as transformações que aconteceram no mundo do trabalho nos últimos trinta anos que além de aumentar o número de trabalhadores bancários adoecidos alterou a forma de ser do trabalhador para atender as novas demandas do capital. Parte-se de duas hipóteses: que há uma causalidade entre o adoecimento desses trabalhadores e um conflito de gerações no interior do banco; esse conflito é alimentado pelos gestores do banco que nele investe através da técnica de dominação definida como assédio moral. Há uma proposta diferenciada de enxergar os antigos bancários e os jovens bancários, alterando a forma de compreensão das categorias: flexível e rígido; qualificado e não-qualificado.<br>Abstract: The research compares two different generations of banking employees: Banking old - over 50 years old, coming from the center-west of São Paulo, retired or dismissed, without a college degree - and the young bank - less than 30 years old born in urban areas, most college graduates. The two families were chosen because they represent two different contexts of the capitalist mode of production, therefore, two different contexts of Banco, which allows to investigate the changes that have happened in the world of work over the last thirty years, in addition to increasing the number of workers diseased banking has changed the way of being of the worker to meet the new demands of capital. Start from two assumptions: that there is a causal link between the disease and these workers a generation gap within the bank; this conflict is fueled by bank managers who invest in it through the technique of domination defined as bullying. Propose a different way of seeing the old and the young bank, changing the way of understanding the categories: flexible and rigid; qualified and non-qualified.<br>Mestre