Generational differences in psychological traits and their impact on the workplace

By Jean M. Twenge, Stacy Campbell. 2008

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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Millennials’ Career Perspective and Psychological Contract Expectations: Does the Recession Lead to Lowered Expectations? (2010, background): “For about one decade now, the Millennial generation has been entering the workforce in large numbers, which has given them the power to reshape the rules of play at work (Smola and Sutton 2002; Twenge and Campbell 2008).”
Comparing apples to apples: a qualitative investigation of career mobility patterns across four generations (2012, background): “Matures, Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials) and the challenges that it presents to managers (e.g. Crumpacker and Crumpacker, 2007; Kupperschmidt, 2000; Twenge and Campbell, 2008).”
Different or alike?: Exploring the psychological contract and commitment of different generations of hospitality workers (2012, background): “Although a growing body of literature points at the existence of generational differences in the general workforce (see, e.g. Ng et al., 2010; Twenge and Campbell, 2008) and a number of authors called for more research on generational differences in the hospitality workforce (see, e.”
Generational Differences in Work Ethic: An Examination of Measurement Equivalence Across Three Cohorts (2010, background): “The influences that impact a person’s development include peers, parents, and popular culture, as well as prominent events ( Twenge and Campbell 2008 ).”
Workplace fun: the moderating effects of generational differences (2009, background): “However, evidence from studies using psychological scales taken over eight decades, allowing the ability to control for age ( Twenge and Campbell, 2008”
How Perceived Corporate Social Responsibility Affects Employee Cynicism: The Mediating Role of Organizational Trust (2018, background): “” We controlled for company size and demographic vari‐ ables such as the respondents’ age and position, as these variables can function as potential individual antecedents to specific attitudes at work (Hess and Jepsen 2009; Peter‐ son et al. 2001; Twenge and Campbell 2008).”