Baby Boomers, Generation X and Generation Y? Policy implications for defence forces in the modern era

Foresight

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 41-49

  Jorgensen, Bradley ^a  

^a Research and Innovation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baby boomer generation; Baby buster generation; Literature; Strategic planning; Values; Workforce planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242361104     PISSN: 14636689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636680310494753     Document Type: Review

References (50)

1. Access Economics (2001), Population Ageing and the Economy, available at: www.health.gov.au/acc/ofoa/documents/pdf/popagefact3.pdf (accessed 31 May 2002).
2. Accounting Office Management & Administration Report (2002), "Generation X staff: what they want and how to manage it", Accounting Office Management & Administration Report, Vol. 2 No. 5, available at: http://80-proquest.umi.com.ezproxy.cqu.edu.au:2048/pqdweb?TS=1024357957&Did= 000000115170321&Fmt=3&Deli=1&Mtd=1&Idx=10&Sid=1&RQT=309 (accessed 18 June 2002).
3. Allerton, H. (2001), "Generation why", Training & Development, Vol. 55 No. 11, available at: http://80-proquest.umi.com.ezproxy.cqu.edu.au:2048/pqdweb?TS= 1024359890&Did=000000089696084&Fmt=4&Deli=1&Mtd=1 &Idx=39&Sid=2&RQT=309 (accessed 18 June 2002).
4. Baltzell, M. (2000), "Implications of an ageing population: the changing future profiles of the workforce in international organisations", 2000 Fulbright Symposium, Australia, Changing Workforce Profiles, available at: www.alcoa.com.au/news/speeches/BMBFulbrightspeech.html (accessed 31 May 2002).
5. BIS Shrapnel (2001), Longterm Forecasts Australia 2001-2016, 27th ed., Electronic version, available at: www.bis.com.au/cgi-bin/public_view.cgi?action=view¶m=10&process= report (accessed 9 June 2003).
6. Brislin, R. (1993), Understanding Culture's Influence on Behavior, Harcourt Brace College Publishers, New York, NY.
7. Brookeman, C. (1984), American Culture and Society Since the 1930s, Macmillan Publishers, London.
8. Castells, M. (2000), The Rise of the Network Society. The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture, 2nd ed., Vol. 1, Blackwell Publishers, Oxford.
9. Centre for Strategic and International Studies (2000), Global Aging. The Challenge of the New Millennium, Centre for Strategic and International Studies and Watson-Wyatt Worldwide, available at: www.csis.org (accessed 1 August 2002).
10. Comeau-Kirschner, C. and Wah, L. (1999), "Holistic management", Management Review, Vol. 88 No. 11, available at: http://80-proquest.umi.com.ezproxy.cqu.edu.au:2048/pqdweb?Did= 000000046827627&Fmt=4&Deli=1&Mtd=1&Idx=12&Sid=2&RQT=309 (accessed 9 July 2002).
11. Commonwealth of Australia (2002), Intergenerational Report 2002-3, Budget Paper No. 5, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra.
12. Corporate Leadership Council (1997). Generation X: Workforce Dynamics in Manufacturing Environments, available at: www.corporateleadershipcouncil.com (accessed 3 July 2002).
13. Corporate Leadership Council (1998), Recruiting, Managing and Motivating Generation X, available at: www.corporateleadershipcouncil.com (accessed 3 July 2002).
14. Corporate Leadership Council (1999), Understanding the Career Decisions of Generation X, Executive Board, available at: www.corporateleadershipcouncil.com (accessed 3 July 2002).
15. Corporate Leadership Council (2000), Workforce and Workplace of the Future, available at: www.corporateleadershipcouncil.com (accessed 3 July 2002).
16. Corporate Leadership Council (2001), Bridging the Generation Gap, available at: www.corporateleadershipcouncil.com (accessed 3 July 2002).
17. Corporate Leadership Council (2002), Leadership Development Programs for Generation X and Y, available at: www.corporateleadershipcouncil.com (accessed 3 July 2002).
18. Davis, M. (1997), Gangland: Cultural Elites and the New Generationalism, Allen & Unwin, Maryborough.
19. Defence Personnel Executive (2001), Graduate Report, Directorate of Strategic Personnel Planning and Research, Canberra.
20. Florida, R. (2002), The Rise of the Creative Class. And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life, Basic Books, New York, NY.
21. Hatch, M.J. (1997), Organization Theory - Modern, Symbolic and Postmodern Perspectives, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
22. Hays, S. (1999), "Generation X and the art of the reward", Workforce; Costa Mesa, Vol. 78 No. 11, available at: http://80-proquest. umi.com.ezproxy.cqu.edu.au (accessed 25 June 2002).
23. Hewitt Associates (2000), Best Employers to Work for in Australia Study 2000. Summary of Findings, Directorate of Strategic Personnel Planning and Research, Hewitt Associates for Defence Personnel Executive, Canberra.
24. Hofstede, G. (1984), Culture's Consequences, Sage Publications, Beverly Hills, CA.
25. Kluckhohn, F. and Strodtbeck, F. (1961), Variations in Value Orientations, Row, Peterson and Company, Evanston, IL.
26. Kochan, T. and Foote-Whyte, W. (1999), "Participatory management and flexible work systems", Industrial Relations, (online), available at: www.brittannica.com/bcom/eb/article (accessed 18 July, 2000).
27. Kogan, M. (2001), "Bridging the gap across the generation divide in the federal workplace", Government Executive, available at: http://80-proquest.umi.com.ezproxy.cqu.edu.au:2048/pqdweb?TS=1024967395& Did=000000081115287&Fmt=4&Deli=1&Mtd=1&Idx=2&Sid=6&RQT= 309 (accessed 25 June 2002).
28. Legree, P.J. (1997), Generation X: motivation, morals, and values, US Army Research Institute Special Report, June.
29. Lowe, G. (2001), Employer of Choice? Workplace Innovation in Government. A Synthesis Report, Canadian Policy Research Networks Inc., available at: www.cpm.org/cprn.html (accessed 3 March 2003).
30. Lowe, G. (2002), "Leveraging the skills of knowledge workers", Isuma, Vol. 2 No. 1, Spring, available at: www.isuma.net/v02n01/glaeser/glaeser_e.shtml (accessed 5 September 2002).
31. MacKay, H. (1993), Reinventing Australia: The Mind and Mood of Australia in the 90s, Angus and Robertson, Sydney.
32. MacKay, H. (1997), Generations Baby Boomers Their Parents and Their Children, Pan Macmillan Australia, Sydney.
33. MacKay, H. (1999), Turning Point: Australians Choosing their Future, Pan Macmillan Australia, Sydney.
34. Mead, M. (1970), Culture and Commitment: A Study of the Generation Gap, Natural History Press/Doubleday & Co. Inc., Garden City, NY.
35. Michalski, W., Miller, W. and Stevens, B. (2002), Governance in the 21st Century, OECD Publications, OECD Secretariat, Advisory Unit to the Secretary-General, Paris.
36. New Focus Research Pty Ltd. (2000), Tracking of Community Attitudes Towards Defence Force Careers, prepared for Defence Force Recruiting Organisation, Defence Personnel Executive, Directorate of Strategic Personnel Planning and Research, ACT, Canberra.
37. Penn, R. (1977), "Measuring intergenerational value differences", Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 58 No. 2.
38. Riley, M., Foner, A. and Waring, J. (1988), "Sociology of age", in Smelser, N.J. (Ed.), Handbook of Sociology, Sage Publications, Newbury Park, CA.
39. Ryder, N. (1964), "Notes on the concept of a population", American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 69, pp. 447-63.
40. Ryder, N. (1965), "The cohort as a concept in the study of social change", American Sociological Review, Vol. 30, pp. 845-61.
41. Sackett, P. (2002), Letter Report March 5, 2002, The National Academies, Division of Behavioural and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on the Youth Population and Military Recruitment, Washington, DC.
42. Schindlmayr, T. (2001), Defence Personnel Environment Scan 2020, available at: http://defweb.cbr.defence.gov.au/dpe (accessed 3 July 2002).
43. Sharpe, P. (2002), "Defence strategic workforce planning review", Address to the Defence Personnel Symposium, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 20-21 June.
44. Sheen, V. (2001), "Challenging convention: Australia's ageing workforce - the challenge for human resource management", Council on the Ageing (Australia) presentation to Australian Human Resources Institute Conference.
45. Sujansky, J. (2002), "Generation Y critical care and feeding", Workforce; Costa Mesa, May, Vol. 81 No. 5, available at: http://80-proquest.umi.com.ezproxy.cqu.edu.au:2048/pqdweb?Did= 000000120908741&Fmt=4& Deli=1&Mtd=1&Idx=8&Sid=2&RQT=309 (accessed 18 June 2002).
46. Tulgan, B. (1996), Managing Generation X, How to Bring out the Best in Young Talent, W.W. Norton and Co., New York, NY.
47. Tulgan, B. and Martin, C. (2001), Managing Generation Y Global Citizens Born in the Late 70s and Early 80s, HRD Press, Amherst, MA.
48. Wong, L. (2000), Generations Apart: Xers and Baby Boomers in the Officer Corps, Strategic Studies Institute, available at: http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usassi/welcome.htm (accessed 3 May 2002).
49. Zambelli, N. (2002), 2001 Australian Defence Force Exit Survey Report Reasons for Leaving, Research Report 4/2002, Directorate of Strategic Personnel Planning and Research, Canberra.
50. Zemke, R., Raines, C. and Filipczak, R. (2000), Generations at Work: Managing the Clash of Veterans, Boomers, Xers and Nexters in Your Workplace, American Management Association, New York, NY.