These Today’s Millennials

An Empirical Study of Age and Generational Characteristics in the USA – Book review

Keywords: Millennials, Generational Characteristics

Abstract

“Today's young people don't care about anything”

This sentence can also be written with a period and a question mark at the end. According to popular belief, this statement may be even more appropriate for the Now Generation, or the Millennials. Encouraged by this way of thinking, I started searching for writings that would give some kind of answer to this suggestion. And Cynthia Pearce Lemay's book, Millennials and Conflict in the Workplace, Understand the Unique Traits of the Now Generation, gives much more than I first thought.

Author Biography

Lilla Csástyu, University of Debrecen, Faculty of Economics and Business,Károly Ihrig Doctoral School of Management and Business Administration

PhD Student

References

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Published
2023-12-20
How to Cite
CsástyuL. (2023). These Today’s Millennials: An Empirical Study of Age and Generational Characteristics in the USA – Book review. Multidisciplinary Challenges, Diverse Responses - Journal of Management and Business Administration, (3), 202-210. https://doi.org/10.33565/MKSV.2023.03.08