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Managing Chinese millennial employees and their impact on human resource management transformation: an empirical study

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  • Yixuan Zhao

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Millennials entering work have not only transformed China’s workplaces, but have also brought new challenges for HR managers and opened gaps with older generations of employees. Chinese millennial employees have unique features, partly explained by being born under the one-child policy in China (since 1980). While preliminary research has pointed to significant differences in the needs, aspirations and well-being of millennials compared to previous generations in the workplace, a dearth of deeper research means that we poorly understand Chinese millennials and their impact on human resource management (HRM). To help organizations rethink HRM policies and practices for the millennial generation, this study first explores the characteristics of millennial employees in China. Guided by self-determination theory, it discusses ways to manage Chinese millennial workers and examines how current human resource development can be transformed to respond to the needs of Chinese millennial employees. In the study, survey-data on 519 millennial employees and a subset of 150 in-depth interviews were utilized. Last, we set out the HRM policy implications for Chinese organizations.

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  • Yixuan Zhao, 2018. "Managing Chinese millennial employees and their impact on human resource management transformation: an empirical study," Asia Pacific Business Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(4), pages 472-489, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apbizr:v:24:y:2018:i:4:p:472-489
    DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1451132
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    1. Marina Anna Schmitz & Fabian Jintae Froese & Anna Katharina Bader, 2018. "Organizational cynicism in multinational corporations in China," Asia Pacific Business Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(5), pages 620-637, October.
    2. Malcolm Warner & Ying Zhu, 2018. "The challenges of managing ‘new generation’ employees in contemporary China: setting the scene," Asia Pacific Business Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(4), pages 429-436, August.
    3. Lu, Jintao & Guo, Shuaishuai & Qu, Jiaojiao & Lin, Wenfang & Lev, Benjamin, 2023. "“Stay” or “Leave”: Influence of employee-oriented social responsibility on the turnover intention of new-generation employees," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 161(C).
    4. Wei Wan & Ryan D. Duffy, 2022. "Decent Work and Turnover Intention Among New Generation Employees: The Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction and the Moderating Role of Job Autonomy," SAGE Open, , vol. 12(2), pages 21582440221, April.
    5. Kamal Badar & Karin Lasthuizen, 2023. "Twenty Years of Research on Millennials at Work : A Structural Review Using Bibliometric and Content Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(9), pages 1-25, April.
    6. Ying Zhu & Malcolm Warner, 2018. "Managing ‘new generation’ employees in China and beyond: summing-up," Asia Pacific Business Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(4), pages 578-584, August.
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    8. Silvia Lorincová & Peter Štarchoň & Dagmar Weberová & Miloš Hitka & Martina Lipoldová, 2019. "Employee Motivation as a Tool to Achieve Sustainability of Business Processes," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(13), pages 1-15, June.

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