Title Darbuotojų amžiaus įvairovės valdymas /
Translation of Title Emploees age diversity management.
Another Title Employees age diversity management.
Authors Čiutienė, Rūta ; Railaitė, Rasa
DOI 10.7220/MOSR.1392.1142.2013.68.2
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Is Part of Organizacijų vadyba: sisteminiai tyrimai = Management of organizations: systematic research.. Kaunas : Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas. 2013, nr. 68, p. 27-40.. ISSN 1392-1142
Keywords [eng] transaction costs ; patents ; patent rights ; efficiency ; patent attorny
Abstract [eng] Worldwide demographic changes affect the various parts of workforce. Today’s labor force consists of four main age groups which are working side by side. Each generation is characterized by its own features, which are affected by economic, political or cultural changes. These differences are described by authors such as: S. A. Murphy (2007), B. P. Haynes (2011), J. Notter (2002) and others. According to them, people born in 1946 and before are named as the Veterans. They distinguish for their organizational loyalty, hard working, strong work ethic, discipline. Baby boomer is generation born between 1946 and 1964. This generation tends to have strong team orientation, good communication skills so prefers a consensual leadership style. The third generation named Generation X born between 1965 and 1980. Generation X values flexibility and tends to avoid corporate politics. The youngest working age group is Generation Y. Workers of this generation prefer self-leadership; they love challenges and want to work with creative people. So we can see that these four generations have different values, attitude, work ethic, career goals and so on. Human life expectancy is continuously raising so difference between working age groups become more visible. Faced with these new challenges human resource managers need to pay more attention to age diversity management. Age diversity management is an important part of the human resources management so it should be associated with organization’s... [to full text].
Published Kaunas : Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas
Type Journal article
Language Lithuanian
Publication date 2013