Generation Z in the Netherlands: Updating Aging Organisations

Abstract

Besides other facts about the Dutch Generation Z, the focus of this chapter of Generation Z research in the Netherlands is aimed on what their fresh updates are in aging Dutch organisations and institutions. Approximately 85 per cent of Dutch companies and institutions are aging spectacularly and will do so until 2035! In the coming decades, the oldest working generations will be the largest, and the younger ones the smallest. These aging organisations need the updates of the youngest generation to stay vital and in a good social, economic and ecological health. Successive generations form horizontal layers in every culture. They play a key role in the evolution of the culture of which they are a part. This can be seen as a natural function of every generation. However, this chapter is mainly about Generation Z and a little bit about the other Dutch generations at work.

Citation

Bontekoning, A. (2019), "Generation Z in the Netherlands: Updating Aging Organisations", Scholz, C. and Rennig, A. (Ed.) Generations Z in Europe (The Changing Context of Managing People), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 127-148. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78973-491-120191015