Management Research Review: Volume 45 Issue 5

Guest editorial: The millennial manager: changes and challenges in organizations

Lerong He, Jay J. Janney

Imagining positive workplaces: extrapolating relationships between job crafting, mental toughness and authentic happiness in millennial employees

Namita Ruparel, Rajneesh Choubisa, Himanshu Seth

Millennial managers are required to adopt to contemporary management practices and continually evolve to manage the workforce. To help them evolve and create positive workplaces…

Moderator role of old and new Y generation differences in the effect of perceptions of self-efficiency on decision-making strategies

Hasan Tutar, Ahmet Tuncay Erdem, Ömer Karademir

There has been a rapid generational change in the business world in Turkey recently, and X generation managers are rapidly leaving their place to Y generation managers. In…

A millennial manager skills model for the new remote work environment

Kerri M. Camp, Marilyn Young, Stephen C. Bushardt

This paper aims to propose that millennials – those born between 1980 and 1995 – are uniquely impacted by the long-term impact of the pandemic, which has accelerated the work from…

Doubting the connection: millennials’ perceptions of the link between higher education and workplace readiness

Leah M. Omilion-Hodges, Scott E. Shank, Christine M. Johnson

While Millennials are the most educated generation to date, the unique contributions of higher education as a source of vocational anticipatory socialization (VAS) for…

Business employability for late millennials: exploring the perceptions of generation Z students and generation X faculty

Antigone G. Kyrousi, Eugenia Tzoumaka, Stella Leivadi

The paper aims to explore employability in business as perceived by Generation Z (late millennials) business students and faculty. It focuses on perceptions regarding necessary…

We want connection and we do not mean wi-fi: examining the impacts of Covid-19 on Gen Z’s work and employment outcomes

Karin L. Becker

This study aims to examine how members of Gen Z are impacted by Covid-19, specifically focusing on their professional opportunities, work preferences and future outlook.

Is helicopter parenting stifling moral courage and promoting moral disengagement? Implications for the training and development of millennial managers

Randy Evans, Katherine A. Karl

This paper aims to examine the ethical foundations of Gen Z individuals by studying the impact of helicopter parenting on moral courage and moral disengagement. In addition, this…