Millennials and the Workplace: Challenges for Architecting the Organizations of Tomorrow - Softcover

Singh, Pritam; Bhandarker, Asha; Rai, Sumita

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8132108981 ISBN 13: 9788132108986

Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

Millennials and the Workplace explores the rapidly changing workplace environment and its meaning in the new millennium. It takes a look at the young generation-the Millennials-who do not accept the ′status quo′, who have moved from obedience to questioning, and who assess work in terms of its significance in human life and human nature.

The book studies the Millennials and profiles them according to their demographic and psychographic background along with personality factors such as work locus of control, personal values and achievement motivation, and so on.

The authors highlight the gap between what the Millennials expect and what they get at the workplace. The contours of the new workplace-creating alignment between the individual′s expectations and the organization′s offering-have been sketched in detail for retaining talent. With these insights, the book will be immensely useful to all corporate professionals, academia, and students.

About this title

About the Author:

Pritam Singh is currently the CEO of LEAD Centre in Gurgaon. Dr Singh is a thought leader with extraordinary insight. Dr Singh is the author of seven critically acclaimed books, three of which are award winning. He has also published over 60 research papers in various national and international journals. He is a globally sought-after speaker and has addressed various Indian and global audiences, including Chambers of Commerce in various countries, notably, Holland, France, Germany, Greece, Russia, UK, USA, Thailand, Mauritius, Egypt, etc.

As an academic administrator, Dr Singh has an unparalleled record. With his entrepreneurial vision and path-breaking innovative methods, Dr Singh turned around the fortunes of both MDI-Gurgaon (where he was the director from 1994 to 1998 and from 2003 to 2006) and IIM Lucknow (1998–2003). He steered International Management Institute (IMI) for a period of three years until October 2014, and during this period IMI improved tremendously in reputation and ranking. Quite fittingly, therefore, he earned the repute of Midas Touch Director.

As the Chairman and member of several policy-making committees and bodies of the Government of India, he has stamped his perspective on policy issues that surround both management education and corporate management in India. He is currently on the Board of 10 reputed private- and public-sector organizations, helping them initiate the change process and charter a winning corporate strategy.

He has been conferred the prestigious ‘Padma Shri’―a first in the field of management education. He has also been the recipient of several other prestigious awards, the most notable among them being the ‘Global Thought Leader’ 2006–2007 by MIRBIS (the Russian School of Business in Moscow), where he was the first Asian to be thus awarded. Thinkers50 India ranked him 27 out of 50 Indian Thinkers (both in India and globally) in 2014.

Review:

The book is a well researched treatise... Written in a lucid language, the book is of great interest in the current context when organizations are going through a churn. A must read for those who seek to build organizations of tomorrow.

Author: People Matters

The book is replete with charts and tables that tell you everything you wanted to know about youngsters entering the job market but didn’t know whom to ask. It talks about their values, their high aspirations, and their desire for approbation.... This book will be very useful for employers keen to exploit the energy and enthusiasm of youth.

Author: Tehelka

The book is a seminal piece of work and carries innumerable, deep and profound insights into the minds of the millennial, their aspirations, their expectations and more importantly their experiences..... The usage of both qualitative and quantitative methods in the research has given the work a very strong and robust grounding. The use of stepwise regression too for theory building is commendable... The book is recommendatory in nature. It is powerful in its import and a must read for all HR professional, organization designers and consultants.

Author: Global Business Review

Unprecedented and remarkable....The book should be read by everyone interested in developing appropriate organizations that would get Millennials excited about work.

Author: Great Lakes Herald

It explores the personality and personal values of the millennial generation, their preferences in the workplace and most importantly, the reasons for hopping jobs. The research findings compiled in this book serve as food for thought for organizations and make them aware of what is being asked by the millennials and what they get from the workplace.

Author: Journal of Human Values, Source: Volume 22 (Issue 3), May 2016

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 8132108981
• ISBN 13: 9788132108986
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272