Managing human resources for the Millennial generation

• Other Authors: Sauser, William I. (Editor), Sims, Ronald R. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, [2012]
• Series: Contemporary human resource management.
• Subjects: Personnel management.; Generation Y > Employment.; Young adults > Employment.; Intergenerational relations.; Generation Y > Attitudes.; Organizational behavior.; Business & Economics > Human Resources & Personnel Management.; Personnel and human resources management.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806614554
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-62396-054-4
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 462 pages) : illustrations

The purpose of this book is to explore the talents, work styles, attitudes, and issues that members of the Millennial generation are bringing with them as they enter the workforce. The Millennial generation is a roughly 20-year cohort of young people whose 'leading edge' members were born...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1. Who are the millennials and how are they challenging modern human resources management? / Ronald R. Sims and William I. Sauser, Jr
• Part I. Characteristics and values of the millennial generation
• Chapter 2. Millennials break out as the me generation: Their attitudes, expectations and fears / Daniel D. Butler and William I. Sauser, Jr
• Chapter 3. Millennial work expectations and organizational incentive systems: Carrots for the new millennium / Daniel J. Svyantek, Kristin L. Cullen, and Frances L. H. Svyantek
• Chapter 4. Just what is important to millennial job candidates: It's not what we assumed / Kyra Leigh Sutton
• Chapter 5. Giving voice to values: Engaging millennials and managing multigenerational cultures / Jessica McManus Warnell
• Part II. Millennials and the traditional functions of human resource management
• Chapter 6. Leveraging web 2.0 technologies in the recruitment of millennial job candidates / Jared J. Llorens and Alexandrea Wilson
• Chapter 7. New selection methods for a new generation / Jeffrey Crenshaw and Kyle Brink
• Chapter 8. Considering generational differences in assessing work values. A unifying approach / Kenneth P. Yusko and Brian L. Bellenger
• Chapter 9. Employee-friendly policies and development benefits for millennials / Jonathan P. West
• Chapter 10. Texts, emails, and google searches: Training in a multigenerational workplace / Patrick Deery
• Part III. Best practices for managing human resources from the millennial generation
• Chapter 11. Best practices for managing generation y / Susan Eisner
• Chapter 12. A new talent agenda / Milano Reyna and Rishap Malhotra
• Chapter 13. Implications of values of the millennial generation on hr infrastructure / Sheri K. Bias and Donna L. Phillips
• Chapter 14. Millennial-centric strategic hr: Key practices for attracting, developing, and retaining millennials / Scott A. Quatro
• Part IV. Special issues and contexts
• Chapter 15. Promises of telecommuting and preferences of millennials: Exploring the nexus / Ajantha Dharmasiri, Danielle Beu Ammeter, John E. Baur and M. Ronald Buckley
• Chapter 16. Millennials in the workforce: Unions and management battle for the soul of a generation / Marcia A. Beck and Jonathan P. West
• Chapter 17. Small businesses, value added, and the millennials / Jackie A. DiPofi and Margaret Fitch-Hauser
• Part V. Concluding thoughts
• Chapter 18. Building bridges between the millennials and other generations / Ronald R. Sims
• About the authors
• Index.