DocumentCode :
3456191
Title :
China´s Generation Y: New Trend-Setter in the Workforce
Author :
Liu Liwei ; Zhao Erdong
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Bus. Manage., North Electr. Power Univ., Beijing
fYear :
2008
fDate :
12-14 Oct. 2008
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
4
Abstract :
Economists project that China could overtake the United States as the world´s biggest economy by mid-century, yet even after The Reform Era in China, little is known about China´s Generation Y, the future leader and backbone of the China´s workforce. Constituting approximately 204 million young individuals born between 1980 and 1989, China´s Gen Y is beginning to make waves. Growing up in the age of economic boom, technology development, educational availability and parents who want to give it all to their children has made the members of Generation Y is a product of their environment. By bringing new ideas and values into the workplace, Generation Y is a great challenge to those employers across all industries. In this article, generational Y in China´s workforce will be first defined, their traits, strengths and weakness in workplace will be analyzed, on the basis of which the suggestions for managing Generation Y will be put forward.
Keywords :
human resource management; labour resources; social sciences; China; United States; economic boom; generational Y; technology development; workforce trend-setter; Educational technology; Employment; Energy management; Environmental economics; Human resource management; Pediatrics; Power generation; Power generation economics; Retirement; Spine;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, 2008. WiCOM '08. 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dalian
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2107-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2108-4
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/WiCom.2008.1678
Filename :
4679867
Link To Document :
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