Generations and Work

This comprehensive, research-based study of different generations in the workplace in the United States is based on an extensive national survey of workers and four separate industry-specific surveys. Generations and Work examines and provides answers to the most common issues and problems of multigenerational work. The discovery of differences and commonalities between and among generations sheds light on the realities of intergenerational work rather than suppositions about intergenerational work which abound in the mass media.

The depictions of general characteristics of baby boomers and millennials are limited because they deal only with measures of central tendency, not variations within the population. This truer look at generations examines both differences and commonalities and thus discovers a more accurate depiction of generations at work. Bolland and Lopes provide a book for managers and students of workplace sociology a guide, and a guide for managing employees who come from different generations.

Eric Bolland is a business professor at Viterbo University, USA. He was previously adjunct professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business, Cardinal Stritch University, Edgewood College, and other schools. He is the author of five business books. He has over twenty years teaching and management experience including CUNA Mutual, Alliant Energy, and TDS Telecom. He was also director of the Wisconsin State Board on Aging.

Carlos Lopes has a doctorate in economics from the University of Kentucky, USA and was a staff economist for the State of Kentucky Legislative Research Commission. He has published in the field and is a full time faculty member at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. He previously taught economics at Asbury College. His research interests are public finance, public choice/political economy, and labor economics, as well as workforce demographics. His publications and presentations include articles on Kentucky economics, fiscal policy, migration, population demographics, and public policy. As a research methodologist, Dr. Lopes is the lead data analyst for the book.