Generational Differences Are Real and Useful
- 1 March 2015
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Industrial and Organizational Psychology
- Vol. 8 (3) , 324-331
Abstract
We propose that generational differences are meaningful despite some theoretical and methodological challenges (cf. Costanza & Finkelstein, 2015). We will address five main issues: operationalizing generations, measuring generational differences, theoretical models of generations, mechanisms of generational change, and the importance of science versus stereotypes.Keywords
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