January 2007
Beginner to intermediate
224 pages
3h 35m
English
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Bridging the Generation Gap: How to Get Radio Babies, Boomers, Gen Xers, and Gen Yers to Work Together and Achieve More
by Linda Gravett
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Appendix A
Research Results
Interview/Survey Time Frame: 2000-2002 (Follow-up interviews conducted in late 2004 and early 2005)
Interviewees: 500 people in each of four age groups:
| AGE | GENERATION |
|---|---|
| 58-73 | Radio Babies |
| 39-57 | Baby Boomers |
| 27-38 | Generation X |
| 18-26 | Generation Y |
Questions
1. What factors affect your happiness in general?
2. What entices you (or would entice you) to join an organization?
3. What compels you to stay with a company?
4. What factors shaped your perspectives when you were growing up?
5. What characteristics of other generations in the workplace bother you the most?
6. What do you want other generations to know about you and your generation?
NOTE: Some respondents gave multiple answers to a given question or declined to answer at all. ...
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