Generational Career Shifts : How Matures, Boomers, Gen Xers, and Millennials View Work.

Front Cover -- Generational Career Shifts: How Matures, Boomers, Gen Xers, and Millennials View Work -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Preface -- Notes -- Chapter 1 Introduction and Background -- Generational Studies -- Generations in the Workplace -- Matures (Before 1945) -- Baby Boomers (1946-1964) -- Gen Xers (1965-1979) -- Millennials (1980-1992) -- Generation - Fact or Artifact? -- Age Effect -- Period Effect -- Cohort Effect -- The Present Study -- Summary -- Career Concepts -- Work Priorities -- Career Experiences -- Career Outcomes -- Implications for Employers -- Chapter 2 Career Concepts -- Career Commitment: Career Identity, Planning, and Resilience -- Career Salience -- Work Locus of Control -- Career Self-Efficacy -- Modern Career Perspectives -- Career Anchors -- Millennials' Career Expectations -- Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 3 Work Value Priorities -- Generational Differences in Work Values: A Review of Previous Studies -- Intrinsic Work Values -- Extrinsic Work Values -- Prestige Work Values -- Social Work Values -- Altruistic Work Values -- Summary of Previous Findings -- Work Values Findings in Our Study -- Summary -- Millennials: Self-Enhancing and Social -- Gen Xers: Balance and Flexibility -- Boomers: Continuing Achievement -- Matures: Staying Relevant, Leaving a Legacy -- Generational Gaps -- The "Basics" -- Generational Career Shift: Work Values -- Chapter 4 Career Experiences -- Career Experiences through the Generations -- Generational Differences in Career Experiences: A Review of Previous Studies -- Career Experience Findings in Our Study -- Career Patterns -- Career Events -- Pivotal Career Moments -- Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 5 Career Outcomes -- Career Outcomes in Our Study -- Met Expectations -- Career Satisfaction -- Work-Life Balance -- Summary.

Chapter 6 Implications and Conclusion -- Frequent Movement is the "New Normal": Create Paths for Employee Movement -- The Basics: Seven Work Priorities on Every Generation's Top-TEN list -- Generation Xers are Critical to the Future of Organizations and They're Not Happy -- Millennials are Looking for Direction: Help Them Find It -- Millennials have Very High Expectations: Clear and Honest Information Will Help Them Adjust -- Conclusion -- References -- About the Authors -- Index.

Offering an overview of existing research and drawing upon the authors' own study of approximately 3,000 students and knowledge workers, this book documents how careers have fundamentally shifted over the past five decades and offers crucial insights into what these shifts mean for employers and their management strategies.

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