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What Are the Benefits of Focusing on Generation-Based Differences and at What Cost?

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  • Cadiz, David M.
  • Truxillo, Donald M.
  • Fraccaroli, Franco

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We agree with and expand on the points made by Costanza and Finkelstein (2015) regarding the definition of “generation” and its measurement, the lack of theory in this area; the harmful effects of propagating generationally based differences to organizations, society, and individuals; and the future directions to make this line of research more applicable to organizations and the workplace. Examining age differences at work through the lens of well-established within-person changes in physical ability (e.g., Maertens, Putter, Chen, Diehl, & Huang, 2012), cognition (e.g., Schaie, 1994), motivation (e.g., Kooij, De Lange, Jansen, Kanfer, & Dikkers, 2011), personality (e.g., Roberts, Walton, & Viechtbauer, 2006), and lifespan development theories (e.g., Baltes & Baltes, 1990; Carstensen, Isaacowitz, & Charles, 1999) would likely be more productive than using loose, relatively atheoretical generational stereotypes to understand age differences at work.

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  • Cadiz, David M. & Truxillo, Donald M. & Fraccaroli, Franco, 2015. "What Are the Benefits of Focusing on Generation-Based Differences and at What Cost?," Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Cambridge University Press, vol. 8(3), pages 356-362, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:inorps:v:8:y:2015:i:03:p:356-362_00
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    1. Koon Vui-Yee & Khoo Paggy, 2020. "The Effect of Work Fulfilment on Job Characteristics and Employee Retention: Gen Y Employees," Global Business Review, International Management Institute, vol. 21(2), pages 313-327, April.
    2. Odunayo Paul Salau & Adewale Omotayo Osibanjo & Ebeguki Edith Igbinoba & Opeyemi Olunike Joel & Tolulope Morenike Atolagbe & Abimbola Abidemi Adegbuyi & Augustina Esitse Dada & Chinyerem Grace Adeniji, 2022. "Sustaining Employees’ Work Fulfilment through Multigenerational Diversity and Emotional Communication in Federal Civil Service Commission of Nigeria," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(9), pages 1-15, April.
    3. Mélia Arras‐Djabi & Laura Cottard & Sakura Shimada, 2023. "Understanding the stereotypes of Millennials in the workplace," Post-Print hal-04454327, HAL.
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