Generation Gaps in the Work Force

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This paper explores four generation groupings and their impact on the employment sector: Veterans, or Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Generation Xers, and the newer generation, Generation Y, or Generation Next. Of all the conflicts between generations in the workplace, perhaps the most volatile and difficult to strategize upon is that between the Baby Boomers and Generation Y. The paper tries to understand why these two generations are butting heads in the workplace and looks at where each of these four generation groups stems from.

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"Veterans, or Traditionalists, compromise the oldest bracket of the workforce. At an average of 52million of the population, Veterans are those born between 1922 and 1943, coming of age during and before the Great Depression. They have a work-ethic that makes them "solid, no-nonsense performers with respect for authority and who are repositories of lore and wisdom" (Zemke, 2001). They have the experience of the job and tend to "be more concerned with the "big picture" issues" (ISR, 2003). While younger generations may condone their stringent work ethic and "bullish" attitude towards changes in society, "This generation rebuilt America by partnering with institutions. In so doing, this generation fueled the economic boom" (Lancaster, 2002). Fifty percent of the male ratio of this generation group were war veterans."

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