Generations Z in Europe : inputs, insights and implications / edited by Christian Scholz and Anne Rennig.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Scholz, Christian, editor.

Rennig, Anne, editor.

Series:

Changing context of managing people.

The changing context of managing people

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Employees--Europe.

Employees.

Generation Z--Europe.

Generation Z.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 299 p.) : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bingley : Emerald, 2019.

Summary:

Generations Z in Europe: Inputs, Insights and Implications brings together differing geographic perspectives from a range of researchers to present the complex picture of contemporary reality for 'Gen-Z' workers, demonstrating the diverse issues faced by the new global workforce.Using a variety of perspectives from social science, media theory and literary studies, the book creates a showcase of existing and new theoretical and scientific approaches to exploring current challenges relating to Generation Z workers. The voices of theorists such as Karl Mannheim, Jean Baudrillard and Neil Postman are utilized to understand and reflect on the different social, cultural and political contexts for Generation Z in Europe and the need to sensitize organizations to the needs of these young future employees.Chapters offer analysis exploring nine different national contexts from Spain, Great Britain, France, The Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Serbia, Bulgaria and Russia. Key themes highlighted across these studies include: digital socialization, intellectual capital, social engagement, aging organizations and the digital divide. The discussion of future implications and the conclusions offered make this book an illuminating read for both researchers and practitioners working within areas of Business and Human Resource Management.

Contents:

The Generations Z in Europe - An Introduction / Christian Scholz

Input: What great thinkers would let us know

How Karl Mannheim would have talked to us about Generation Z / Christian Scholz

How McLuhan would have talked to us: the extension of generation in the global village / Daria Vyugina

How Luhmann would have talked to us: Generations Z as Unique Subsystem / Tobias M. Scholz

How Baudrillard would have talked to us: Generation Z and the hyperreal world / Danica Čigoja Piper and Slavko Alčaković

A literary voice: how Romain Rolland would have talked to us / Anne Rennig

How Berger and Luckmann would have talked to us / Tobias M. Scholz

How Zygmunt Bauman would have talked to us about Generation Z. Total flexibility without the nostalgia of solidity / Miguel Chaves

About generation itself as a radical social change - an chapter not written by Julián Marías Aguilera / Aart Bontekoning

Generation Z and the end of culture - an article never written by Neil Postman / Christian Scholz

Insights: What the experts tell us

Generation Z in Spain: Digital socialization and intellectual capital / Maria Ángeles Rubio Gil and María Victoria Sanagustín-Fons

Generation Z in the UK: More of the same - High standards and demands / Emma Parry and Valentina Battista

Generation Z in France: Reverse socialization and social engagement / Elodie Gentina

Generation Z in The Netherlands: Updating aging organisations / Aart Bontekoning

Generation Z in Italy: Living in a soap bubble / Sebastiano Benasso and Valentina Cuzzocrea

Generation Z in Germany: The (un)typical German? / Christian Scholz and Lisa-Dorothee Grotefend

The Generation Z in Serbia: Ready for the great opening / Slavko Alčakovič

The Generation Z in Bulgaria: Challenging conservative organizations / Mariya Karaivanova and Kristine Klein

Generation Z in Russia: The digital divide of the Generation Putin / Daria Vyugina

Implication: What do we want?

Looking into the future: What are we expecting from the Generation Z / Tobias M. Scholz and Daria Vyugina

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781789734935 (ebook)

9781789734928 (hbk.)

9781789734911