Reverse mentoring: A social exchange tool for keeping the boomers engaged and millennials committed

Human Resource Development Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-76

  Chaudhuri, Sanghamitra ^a   Ghosh, Rajashi ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

age norms; employee engagement; multigenerational workforce; organizational commitment; reverse mentoring; social exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857222314     PISSN: 15344843     EISSN: 15526712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534484311417562     Document Type: Article

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