Managing human resources for the Millennial generation / edited by William I. Sauser, Jr., Ronald R. Sims.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sauser, William I., editor.

Sims, Ronald R., editor.

Series:

Contemporary human resource management.

Contemporary human resource management : issues, challenges, and opportunities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Personnel management.

Generation Y--Employment.

Generation Y.

Young adults--Employment.

Young adults.

Intergenerational relations.

Generation Y--Attitudes.

Organizational behavior.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (478 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, North Carolina : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2012.

Summary:

The purpose of this book is to explore the talents, work styles, attitudes, and issues that members of the Millennial generation are bringing with them as they enter the workforce. The Millennial generation is a roughly 20-year cohort of young people whose 'leading edge' members were born in 1982 and graduated high school in 2000. These are the young adults who began entering college, the military, and the workplace during the present decade, and who will continue to do so for perhaps another decade more. The Millennial generation has been exposed during their formative years to a unique variety of historical, cultural, economic, and technological changes that have shaped their particular attitudes and values, preferred social interaction styles, beliefs about what is proper in the workplace, and personal concerns and desires. Millennials are bringing their unique perspectives into their places of employment, where at times they clash with those of the older generations who are already established there.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Who are the millennials and how are they challenging modern human resources management? / Ronald R. Sims and William I. Sauser, Jr

Part I. Characteristics and values of the millennial generation

Chapter 2. Millennials break out as the me generation: Their attitudes, expectations and fears / Daniel D. Butler and William I. Sauser, Jr

Chapter 3. Millennial work expectations and organizational incentive systems: Carrots for the new millennium / Daniel J. Svyantek, Kristin L. Cullen, and Frances L. H. Svyantek

Chapter 4. Just what is important to millennial job candidates: It's not what we assumed / Kyra Leigh Sutton

Chapter 5. Giving voice to values: Engaging millennials and managing multigenerational cultures / Jessica McManus Warnell

Part II. Millennials and the traditional functions of human resource management

Chapter 6. Leveraging web 2.0 technologies in the recruitment of millennial job candidates / Jared J. Llorens and Alexandrea Wilson

Chapter 7. New selection methods for a new generation / Jeffrey Crenshaw and Kyle Brink

Chapter 8. Considering generational differences in assessing work values. A unifying approach / Kenneth P. Yusko and Brian L. Bellenger

Chapter 9. Employee-friendly policies and development benefits for millennials / Jonathan P. West

Chapter 10. Texts, emails, and google searches: Training in a multigenerational workplace / Patrick Deery

Part III. Best practices for managing human resources from the millennial generation

Chapter 11. Best practices for managing generation y / Susan Eisner

Chapter 12. A new talent agenda / Milano Reyna and Rishap Malhotra

Chapter 13. Implications of values of the millennial generation on hr infrastructure / Sheri K. Bias and Donna L. Phillips

Chapter 14. Millennial-centric strategic hr: Key practices for attracting, developing, and retaining millennials / Scott A. Quatro

Part IV. Special issues and contexts

Chapter 15. Promises of telecommuting and preferences of millennials: Exploring the nexus / Ajantha Dharmasiri, Danielle Beu Ammeter, John E. Baur and M. Ronald Buckley

Chapter 16. Millennials in the workforce: Unions and management battle for the soul of a generation / Marcia A. Beck and Jonathan P. West

Chapter 17. Small businesses, value added, and the millennials / Jackie A. DiPofi and Margaret Fitch-Hauser

Part V. Concluding thoughts

Chapter 18. Building bridges between the millennials and other generations / Ronald R. Sims

About the authors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

1-62396-054-1