Managing Gen Z in the Workforce: Challenges and Strategies

As more members of Gen Z enter the workforce, organizations need to understand how to effectively manage this new cohort of employees. In this episode, we discuss the challenges that managers may face when managing Gen Z employees and provide strategies for how to effectively manage and motivate them.

Some of the topics we will cover are:

• What factors differentiate Gen Z from previous generations of employees?
• What do Gen Zers look for in their ideal workplace?
• How can organizations effectively manage inter-generational conflicts?
• What leadership styles are best suited to manage Gen Zers?

The papers we discuss are:

• Applebaum et al (2022) A Study of Generational Conflicts in the Workplace. European Journal of Business and Management Research.
• Schroth (2019) Are you Ready for Gen Z in the Workplace? California Management Review.
• Pichler et al (2021) DITTO for Gen Z: A framework for leveraging the uniqueness of the new generation. Business Horizons.
• Gabrielova & Buchko (2021) Here comes Generation Z: Millennials as managers. Business Horizons.
• Grow & Yang (2018) Generation-Z Enters the Advertising Workplace: Expectations Through a Gendered Lens. Journal of Advertising Education.
• Maloni et al (2019) Understanding the work values of Gen Z business students. The International Journal of Management Education.