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Professional Relationships Both within and outside the School: Barriers and Opportunities from an Intergenerational Perspective
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Azorín, Cecilia; Portela, Antonio; Nieto, José Miguel; Alfageme, María Begoña – Journal of Professional Capital and Community, 2022
Purpose: This paper draws on data from a research project that examined the professional relationships that existed between teachers of different generations within an educational setting, including both those inside and outside school. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative approach was adopted to better understand participants'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Experienced Teachers
Hidden Diversity: Generational Perceptions of Workplace Values in the Profession of Education
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DeBaene, Matthew David – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this qualitative study was to gain a better understanding of generational diversity and associated values in the profession of education. In order to achieve this overall objective, the following overarching research question framed this qualitative study: In the profession of education, what are the different generations' workplace…
Descriptors: Work Environment, Qualitative Research, Values, Age Differences
Workplace Engagement and Generational Differences in Values
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Schullery, Nancy M. – Business Communication Quarterly, 2013
This article summarizes literature on workplace engagement, an issue that affects organizations' financial results and individuals' personal lives. The newest of the four generations in the workplace, Millennials, were recently shown to have different values than the other two prevalent generations. Surveys taken by 16,000 high school seniors of…
Descriptors: Generational Differences, Work Attitudes, Values, Age Differences
Social Media Adoption and Use among Information Technology Professionals and Implications for Leadership
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Lundahl Philpot, Eva – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This sequential, mixed methods research addressed emerging social media use practices among IT professionals and explored lived experiences of senior IT leaders relative to successful organizational social media adoption and use. The study was informed by structuration theory and elements from the universal technology adoption and use (UTAUT)…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Internet, Technology Integration, Information Technology
Diversity and Inclusion in Information Technology from an Age Perspective: Motivating and Managing Information Technology Professionals across Multiple Generations in the Workforce
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Kenan-Smalls, Yottie Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate diversity and inclusion from an age perspective among information technology (IT) professionals that were categorized as 4 different generations in the workforce today: Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Generation Y. At the same time, this study sought to examine motivational…
Descriptors: Private Sector, Public Sector, Leadership Styles, Motivation
Recruiting and Retaining New Generations of Community College Faculty
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Mouchayleh, Theresa Stewart – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Much generational research has been conducted in the last decade, prompted most likely by the drastic social and technological changes of the late 20th century, the increase in enrollments in higher education, the increase in families with two working parents, and the meteoric rise in the widespread use and acceptance of emerging technologies.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Focus Groups, Baby Boomers, College Faculty