The twenty-first century multiple generation workforce: Overlaps and differences but also challenges and benefits

Education and Training

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 565-578

  Helyer, Ruth ^a   Lee, Dionne ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baby Boomer generation; Cross generational working; Demographics; Employees; Experience; Generation Y; Graduates; Higher education; Higher level skills; Multi generational workforce; Older workers; United Kingdom; Young workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865398738     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400911211265611     Document Type: Article

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