Criticism of the Intergenerational Diversity Concept. Towards Diversity of Employees Due to Age

• Autorzy: Łucja Waligóra , Agata Austen

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Krytyka koncepcji różnorodności międzypokoleniowej. W kierunku różnorodności pracowników ze względu na wiek

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The diversity of employees in organizations has always aroused the interest of employers and specialists in human resource management. Interest in generational diversity has been gradually increasing since the turn of the 21st century. While many researchers support the concept of generation diversity, an increasing number of scientists question the validity of the idea that employees differ not only in age, but above all in values, approach to work or attitude to employer loyalty, have different motivational needs, and other competences. This article discusses the differences between individual, often appearing concepts: generation and cohort, intergenerational and multi-generational. Methodological challenges were also pointed out when trying to thoroughly examine the differences between employees from different generations and between older and younger employees. The article also aims to verify the differences between generational diversity and employee diversity based on age. In addition, the article indicates the observation that the theoretical basis on the issue of generations, as well as previous empirical research, raise a lot of controversy and point to many substantive and research gaps, in contrast to the concept of employee diversity due to age. (original abstract)

Odmienność pracowników w organizacjach wzbudzała zawsze zainteresowanie pracodawców i specjalistów do spraw zarządzania zasobami ludzkimi. Zainteresowanie różnorodnością pokoleniową nasila się stopniowo od przełomu XX i XXI wieku. Podczas gdy wielu badaczy wspiera koncepcję różnorodności pokoleń, coraz większa liczba naukowców kwestionuje zasadność idei, że pracownicy różnią się między sobą nie tylko wiekiem, ale przede wszystkim wartościami, podejściem do pracy czy też stosunkiem do lojalności wobec pracodawcy, mają odmienne potrzeby motywacyjne oraz inne kompetencje. W niniejszym artykule omówiono różnice między poszczególnymi, często pojawiającymi się pojęciami: pokolenie oraz kohorta, międzypokoleniowość i wielopokoleniowość. Wskazano także na wyzwania metodologiczne podczas próby rzetelnego badania różnic występujących między pracownikami z różnych pokoleń oraz między starszymi i młodszymi pracownikami. Artykuł ma na celu także dokonanie próby zweryfikowania różnic między różnorodnością pokoleniową a różnorodnością pracowników ze względu na wiek. Ponadto artykuł pokazuje spostrzeżenie, że podstawa teoretyczna dotycząca problematyki pokoleń oraz dotychczasowe badania empiryczne budzą wiele kontrowersji i wskazują na wiele luk merytorycznych i badawczych, w przeciwieństwie do koncepcji różnorodności pracowników ze względu na wiek. (abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Generation; Age diversity; Human Resources Management (HRM); Labour market

PL

Pokolenia; Zróżnicowanie wiekowe; Zarządzanie zasobami ludzkimi; Rynek pracy

• Czasopismo: Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Humanitas. Zarządzanie
• Rocznik: 2019
• Numer: nr 3
• Strony: 241--255

Twórcy

autor

Łucja Waligóra

• Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Katowicach

autor

Agata Austen

• Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Katowicach

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DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0013.7252