The trophy kids grow up : how the millennial generation is shaking up the workplace / Ron Alsop.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alsop, Ronald.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Generation Y--Employment.

Generation Y.

Generation Y--Attitudes.

Organizational behavior.

Intergenerational relations.

Work ethic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Millennial generation is shaking up the workplace

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2008.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The first wave of the Millennial Generation-born between 1980 and 2001-is entering the work force, and employers are facing some of the biggest management challenges they've ever encountered. They are trying to integrate the most demanding and most coddled generation in history into a workplace shaped by the driven baby-boom generation. Like them or not, the millennials are America future work force. They are actually a larger group than the boomers-92 million vs. 78 million. The millennials are truly trophy kids, the pride and joy of their parents who remain closely connected even as their

Contents:

THE TROPHY KIDS GROW UP: How the Millennial Generation is Shaking up the Workplace; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: The Trophy Kids; Chapter 2: Great Expectations; Chapter 3: Apron Strings; Chapter 4: Take Your Parents to Work; Chapter 5: How Am I Doing?; Chapter 6: Checklist Kids; Chapter 7: Master Jugglers; Chapter 8: Free to Be Me; Chapter 9: Recruiting in Cyberspace; Chapter 10: Dream Jobs; Chapter 11: A Generous Generation; About the Author; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786611814694

9780470447284

0470447281

9781281814692

1281814695

9780470409909

0470409908

OCLC:

476192187