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Generation Is a Culture Construct

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  • Brink, Kyle E.
  • Zondag, Marcel M.
  • Crenshaw, Jeffrey L.

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Costanza and Finkelstein (2015) question whether there really are generational differences in the workplace. They argue that the generation construct is not properly operationalized (often confounding age, period, and cohort factors) and that generational research is atheoretical and plagued by methodological problems. We agree that generational research is largely guilty as charged. We also share their concern regarding the generationally based interventions that are being sold to, and adopted by, managers—interventions that are often little more than fads based on popular myths and folklore. We are also in full agreement with the potential significant harm that can be associated with stereotyping groups of individuals.

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  • Brink, Kyle E. & Zondag, Marcel M. & Crenshaw, Jeffrey L., 2015. "Generation Is a Culture Construct," Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Cambridge University Press, vol. 8(3), pages 335-340, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:inorps:v:8:y:2015:i:03:p:335-340_00
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