Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1 Conceptualizing age and generations -- Age cube of work / Jesse Segers, Ilke Inceoglu and Lisa Finkelstein -- Why do generational differences in psychological contracts exist / Xander D. Lub, P. Matthijs Bal, Robert J. Blomme and Rene Schalk -- Work-home values: the interplay between historical trends and generational work-home values / Jenny M.H. Sok, Xander D. Lub and Robert J. Blomme -- pt. II. Methodological approaches to investigating generational diversity -- Is it kids today or just the fact that they're kids: disentangling generational differences from age differences / Stacy M. Campbell and Jean M. Twenge -- Back to basics: is there a significant generational dimension to where does it cut / Peter Unwin, Franz Buscha and Emma Parry -- Pt. III. New empirical evidence about generations -- Intergenerational cooperation in teams as a driver of team commitment and loyalty / Ans de Vos -- Toward an identity based perspective of generation / Michael J. Urick and Elaine C. Hollensbe -- Keen, groovy, wicked, or phat, it is all cool: generational stereotyping and social identity / Katerine J. Roberto and John R. Biggan -- launching a career: inter-generational differences in early career stage based on retrospective accounts / Sean R. Lyons, Eddy S. Ng and Linda Schweitzer -- Beyond generational differences: Exploring individual and organizational influences on inter-generational work attitudes and experiences / Jean McCarthy, Jeanette N. Cleveland and Noreen Heraty -- Pt. IV. Generations outside of Western context -- Generational cohorts and personal values: an exploratory study in the Indian workplace / Vasanthi Srinivasan, Dedeepya Ajith John and Maria Nirmala Christine -- Generational differences in the factors influencing career success across countries / Julie Unite, Yan Shen, Emma Parry and Barbara Demel

"Over the past decade much attention has been paid to the apparent differences in consumption preferences or workplace attitudes and behaviours across generations. Within Western economies such as the USA, UK and Australia, it is commonly assumed that that there are now four generations in the workplace, namely Veterans (born 1925-1942), Baby Boomers (1943-1960), Generation X (1961-1981) and Generation Y (1982- 2000). The concept of generational differences at work is one that has recently been adopted by practitioners as a basis on which to design human resource management and career management practices. However, there has been some concern in academic circles about the validity of the notion of generations and the evidence base that supports it. There is therefore a need for new perspectives and methodological approaches to investigating generational differences at work in order to establish the validity and value of generations as an axis of diversity. Generational Diversity at Work: New Research Perspectives will address this need by presenting and discussing research into generational diversity that adopts a range of new theoretical perspectives or methodological approaches. This book is designed as a first step in addressing the need to critically examine the theoretical and empirical basis for generational differences and to provide some new empirical data in this area."--Page [4] of cover.