JIMS8M: The Journal of Indian Management & Strategy
Web of Science
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue: 1

Multigenerations and world of work: Managing clash at work

Assistant Professor, GLA University, Mathura, UP

Online published on 2 May, 2019.

Abstract

The world of work is changing very fast, resulting a lot of amount of pressure on business people to manage newly emerged workplace issues. Management of Multigenerational workforce is one out of all. The objective of this research paper is to study about issues related to management of multigenerational workforce. Today's workforce is multigenerational and categorised in five generations known as Traditionalists (veterans), Baby Boomers, Generation X, Generation Y (or Millennials), and Generation 2020 (or Gen Z). The present study discusses about the overall scenario of multigenerational workplace. The paper identifies the gap between the people of different generations and also discusses the characteristics of multigenerational workforces or what make differences in workforce of different generations. The paper also discusses about the strategy; management should use to manage the employees of multigenerational workforce.

Keywords

Multigenerational workforce, Traditionalist, Baby Boomers, Generations X, Generations Y (Millennials), Generations 2020 (Gen Z)