Exploring four generations' beliefs about career: Is “satisfied” the new “successful”?

By Nicky Dries, Roland Pepermans, E. D. Kerpel. 2008

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Subfields: Demography, Gender Studies, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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Different or alike?: Exploring the psychological contract and commitment of different generations of hospitality workers (2012, background): “Several authors have found support for generational differences and offer explanations for these differences based on shared social experiences (Bontekoning, 2007; Dries et al., 2008; Howe and Strauss, 1991, 2007; Lancaster and Stillman, 2005).”
Work design for different generational cohorts : Determining common and idiosyncratic job characteristics (2014, background): “Smola and Sutton, 2002; Giancola, 2006; Lawler, 2011), while empirical findings related to generational differences are still rare and non-conclusive (e.g. Cennamo and Gardner, 2008; Dries et al., 2008; Macky et al., 2008; Twenge and Campbell, 2008; Posthuma and Campion, 2009; Deal et al., 2010; Hof”
New Generation, Great Expectations: A Field Study of the Millennial Generation (2010, background): “Rather than contrasting the Millennials to other generations, as much of the literature has done (e.g., Dries et al. 2008; Lancaster and Stillman 2002; Lyons 2003), our objective is to contribute to the understanding of the career expectations of the Millennials, and how these expectations are man”
Fun and friends: The impact of workplace fun and constituent attachment on turnover in a hospitality context (2014, background): “In an employment context, Millennials desire to balance play with work, freedom and social involvement (Carless and Wintle, 2007; Cennamo and Gardner, 2008; Dries et al., 2008; Loughlin and Barling, 2001; Smola and Sutton, 2002).”
Validation of the Job Demands-Resources model in cross-national samples: Cross-sectional and longitudinal predictions of psychological strain and work engagement (2013, background): “Gelfand et al., 2008; Leung, 2009). Spector et al. (2007) suggested that employees in Asian countries may be more sensitive to relational conflict within the workplace, as compared to employees in western countries, due to a higher value placed on social affiliation by many Asian cultures.”
Time and Job Satisfaction: A Longitudinal Study of the Differential Roles of Age and Tenure (2018, background): “This insight into between-individual differences in job satisfaction can be important for managing a generationally diverse workforce (e.g., Cennamo & Gardner, 2008; Dries et al., 2008; Twenge et al., 2010).”
Generational Differences in Work Ethic: An Examination of Measurement Equivalence Across Three Cohorts (2010, background): “Views toward life activities, particularly work, are shaped by the social context in which people develop (Dries et al. 2008).”
The Contemporary Career: A Work–Home Perspective (2014, background): “Dries et al. (2008) found that the dominant factor in judging another person’s career as successful was the person’s satisfaction in his or her career much more than his or her advancement rate or organizational level achieved.”