The Millennial Label

2020 ◽  
pp. 263-283
Author(s):  
Michael J. Urick
Keyword(s):  
Stereotype Threat ◽  
Generation Y ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Young Professionals ◽  
Young Professional ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Energy Focusing ◽  
Negative Perceptions ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Time And Energy

Previous research on aged-based stereotypes in the workforce has often focused on stereotypes held regarding older workers. However, the nature of stereotypes of younger employees and the labels that help reinforce negative perceptions have not been fully explored. The author addresses this gap through a qualitative analysis of two samples: a group of young professionals relatively new to the workforce and a group of more mature professionals with a breadth of experience. This chapter explores three areas: (1) the labels “Millennial,” “Generation Y,” and “Young Professional” refer to younger employees in often negative ways; (2) these labels reinforce stereotypes which can help perpetuate stereotype threat, decreased performance, a negative organizational culture, and a breakdown in interactions and learning among other negative outcomes; and (3) employees can spend a significant amount of time and energy focusing on these labels to minimize their negative impacts.

scholarly journals Stereotype threat and older worker’s attitudes: a mediation model

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 187-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo Oliveira ◽  
Carlos Cabral Cardoso
Keyword(s):  
Stereotype Threat ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Work Attitudes ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Negative Work ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose Taking a social identity approach, the purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which age-based stereotype threat mediates the relationships between older workers’ negative age-based metastereotypes and two negative work attitudes: organizational disidentification and work disengagement. Design/methodology/approach A two-wave cross-sectional design was adopted to collect data from 423 blue-collar older workers of the Portuguese manufacturing sector. Structural equation modeling was used to test the mediation model. Findings The analyses show that age-based stereotype threat partially mediates the relationship between negative age-based metastereotypes and negative work attitudes. Moreover, findings suggest that older workers respond to negative age-based metastereotypes through threat reactions, and undesirable work attitudes. Originality/value This paper contributes to the literature by showing the importance of negative age-based metastereotypes and age-based stereotype threat in workplace dynamics. It also provides evidence that age threats impair the relationship older workers keep with their organization and their work.

scholarly journals Examining Positive and Negative Perceptions of Older Workers: A Meta-Analysis

2011 ◽  
Vol 66B (6) ◽  
pp. 687-698 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. C. Bal ◽  
A. E. B. Reiss ◽  
C. W. Rudolph ◽  
B. B. Baltes
Keyword(s):  
Older Workers ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Negative Perceptions

scholarly journals Barriers and facilitators to extended working life: a focus on a predominately female ageing workforce

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Clare Ellen Edge ◽  
Margaret Coffey ◽  
Penny A. Cook ◽  
Ashley Weinberg
Keyword(s):  
Older Workers ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Social ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Gender Profile ◽  
Predominately Female ◽  
Purposive Sample

Abstract Many countries are reforming their pension systems so people stay in work for longer to improve the long-term sustainability of public finances to support an increasing older population. This research aimed to explore the factors that enable or inhibit people to extend working life (EWL) in a large United Kingdom-based retail organisation. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with a purposive sample (N = 30): 15 employees aged ⩾60 and 15 supervisors supporting these employees. Older workers were predominately female, reflecting the gender profile of the older workers in the organisation. Older workers and supervisors reported that key facilitators to EWL were good health, the perception that older workers are of value, flexibility and choice, the need for an ongoing conversation across the lifecourse, the social and community aspect of work as a facilitator to EWL and the financial necessity to EWL. Perceived barriers to EWL included poor health, negative impacts of work on health, and a lack of respect and support.

scholarly journals Transparency is in the eye of the beholder: the effects of identity and negative perceptions on ratings of transparency via surveys

2016 ◽  
Vol 83 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 177-194
Author(s):  
Heungsik Park ◽  
John Blenkinsopp
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effective ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Public Employees ◽  
Survey Period ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Cost Effective Approach ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Negative Perceptions ◽  
Survey Responses

Surveys are a commonly used means of measuring transparency levels, but they are potentially vulnerable to perceptual biases. This study sought to examine perceptual differences by the respondents’ identities as general citizens or public employees, and the possible negative perceptions that one group may have of the other concerning responses to a survey-based measure of transparency. The survey was designed on the basis of existing literature, suggesting that transparency has up to six facets. Two samples were taken: from citizens who visited district offices to file civil applications during the survey period; and from public employees involved in processing these applications. A total of 472 surveys were used for analysis: 233 citizens and 239 public employees. The results indicated that the two groups had different understandings of transparency. Data from public employees produced a three-factor solution, which was labeled as Efficiency, Reliability, and Access. For citizens, a two-factor solution was a better fit, with the factors being described as Accessibility (a wider notion than Access) and Utility. The findings suggest that public employees adopt a somewhat technical view of transparency, whereas citizens have more practical concerns about it. Only citizens’ unfavorable perception of public employees had a negative influence on the level of transparency. This study contributes to the understanding of how public employees and citizens have qualitatively different perceptions of transparency. Points for practitioners To assess progress in governmental transparency, we must measure it, and surveys offer an accessible and potentially cost-effective approach. However, the survey responses of citizens and public employees show that they understand transparency in qualitatively different ways, with citizens’ perceptions of transparency also influenced by their perceptions of public employees. If governments are to increase public trust in policymaking and administration, they must focus on improving transparency as it is understood by the public rather than how it is understood by public servants.

Giving older workers a voice: constraints on the employment of older people in the North West of England

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorna Porcellato ◽  
Fiona Carmichael ◽  
Claire Hulme ◽  
Barbara Ingham ◽  
Arvin Prashar
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Older People ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
Negative Perceptions ◽  
Financial Disincentives ◽  
Perceived Constraints ◽  
The Relationship

This article contributes to the literature on older workers and employment, providing a regional perspective on the relationship between age and work. The study is based on interviews in conjunction with occupational-event calendars with 56 individuals in North West England. The primary aim was to gain in-depth understanding of perceived constraints that older people feel hinder their employment prospects within the context of their daily lives. Significant constraints on employment and re-employment were identified and attributed to health, negative perceptions of self, lack of formal human capital and undervaluation of experience, financial disincentives for employers to employ older workers and prevailing ageist attitudes.

Innovative Approach to the Transformation of the Organizations Personnel Policy in Connection With Mental Values Changes of Young Employees

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 26-32
Author(s):  
Ширшова ◽  
O. Shirshova ◽  
Дементьева ◽  
D. Dementeva
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Generation Y ◽  
Innovative Approach ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Generational Theory ◽  
Personnel Policy ◽  
Young Professionals ◽  
Obvious Change

The article examines an innovative approach to change and correct the personnel policy of the company according to the young employees using the knowledge of generational theory. In the last years the same category of employees is young generation Y, this is why we can see the obvious change of mental values and attitudes of young people in the context of beliefs and expectations of the employer. The article analyzes the theoretical aspects of strategic human resource management, and presents a program of development of young professionals. Realization of this program allows overcoming the differences of generations of managers and subordinates within the company.

scholarly journals Buffers or Boosters? The Role of HRM Practices in Older Workers' Experience of Stereotype Threat

2017 ◽  
Vol 152 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo André da Silva Oliveira ◽  
Carlos José Cabral-Cardoso
Keyword(s):  
Stereotype Threat ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Hrm Practices

scholarly journals Literature Review: Adolescent Perceptions Toward Teenage Pregnancy

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-19
Author(s):  
Delia Amalia ◽  
◽  
Ermiati Ermiati ◽  
Eka Afrima Sari
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Teenage Pregnancy ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Negative Perceptions ◽  
Adolescent Perceptions ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Negative Impacts

Teenage pregnancy is one of the health problems in developing countries that has not been resolving yet. Adolescent perception is one of the factors that influence the incident of teenage pregnancy. At present, there are still limited research articles about adolescent perceptions toward teenage pregnancy. The purpose of this literature study is to find out how adolescent perceptions toward teenage pregnancy. This literature study used a scoping review method. There were 6 articles was analyzed after sorting by inclusion criteria consisting of the article contained an explanation or description of adolescent perceptions of teenage pregnancy, the year 2015-2020, English or Indonesian, full text, samples aged 10-19 years. The result of the study found out that adolescents had negative perceptions such as pregnancy among adolescents is too young, teenage pregnancy caused by several factors, and has various negative impacts toward adolescents, parents, and infants. Furthermore, adolescents had positive perceptions such as teenage pregnancy in adolescent is normal, life will not differ, her boyfriend will be responsible to her pregnancy. The conclusions from this literature review were the difference in perceptions between adolescents towards pregnancy in adolescents is influenced by adolescent environmental culture and believed.

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