Generational differences in personality and motivation: Do they exist and what are the implications for the workplace?
By Melissa Wong, Elliroma Gardiner, Whitney J Lang, L. Coulon. 2008
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Subfields: Gender Studies, Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
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Citations in the corpus
- Work design for different generational cohorts : Determining common and idiosyncratic job characteristics (2014, background): “However, our knowledge about generational cohorts is mostly theoretical (e.g. Jorgensen, 2003; Wong et al., 2008).”
- Different or alike?: Exploring the psychological contract and commitment of different generations of hospitality workers (2012, background): “Other descriptions of this generation include loyalty to an organization, idealism and ambition (Wong et al., 2008).”
- Generational Differences in Work-Related Attitudes: A Meta-analysis (2012, unknown): “Other researchers have looked at different work-related variables such as motivation (e.g., Wong et al. 2008), training (e.g., Sayers 2007; Szamosi 2006), work life conflict and spillover (e.g., Beutell and Wittig-Berman 2008; Dilworth and Kingsbury 2005), and leadership style (e.g., Collins et al.…”
- Generational Differences in Work Ethic: An Examination of Measurement Equivalence Across Three Cohorts (2010, background): “Several authors (Cennamo and Gardner 2008; Dries et al. 2008; Duchscher and Cowin 2004; Lancaster and Stillman 2002; Wong et al. 2008; Zemke et al. 1999) have provided extensive detail regarding how different cohorts' shared life experiences have impacted their attitudes toward work.”
- Millennials’ Career Perspective and Psychological Contract Expectations: Does the Recession Lead to Lowered Expectations? (2010, background): “This finding is supported by Wong et al. (2008), who recently found that Millennials score higher on the affiliative trait than does any other generational cohort and that they are strongly motivated by a cooperative workplace.”