Leadership Style - the X Generation and Baby Boomers Compared in Different Cultural Contexts
Autor: cuongtranvnn • February 26, 2012 • Essay • 283 Words (2 Pages) • 2,468 Views
Today’s workforce can be divided into three distinct groups of people. There are the
Baby Boomers, X Generation (Xers) and Y Generation (Dot com generation). Baby
Boomers are people born between the years of 1945-1964, a cohort that has been the
source of many important cultural and economic changes. Generally, it is accepted that
the Xers are people who were born between 1965 and 1980. Some researchers refer to
them as 'baby busters', due to the drop-off or 'bust' in births following the Baby Boomer
generation after World War II. The Y Generation or the ‘dot com’ generation are people
who are born after 1980 (Solomon, 1992). This group of workers are only just entering
the workplace and therefore their influence at this time is still emerging. Modern
workplaces are typically diverse with all three generational groups represented.
The work characteristics of these generational groups are an important issue for their
leaders. It is known that employees with different work characteristics will be more
effective and productive with different leadership styles (Tulgan, 1996). The
investigation of work characteristics and the corollary leadership style is therefore an
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important area for research for leaders who must lead and motivate the generational
groups and for researchers investigating differences between the generational groups.
As
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